| 词汇 | shy |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： 1. shy (adj.) late O.E. sceoh "shy," from P.Gmc. *skeukh(w)az "afraid" (cf. M.L.G. schüwe, Du. schuw, Ger. scheu "shy;" O.H.G. sciuhen, Ger. scheuchen "to scare away"). Uncertain cognates outside Gmc., unless in O.C.S. scuti "to hunt, incite." It. schivare "to avoid" is a Gmc. loan-word. The verb meaning "to recoil" first recorded 1650. 2. shy (v.) "to throw with a jerk or toss," 1787, colloquial, of unknown origin and uncertain connection to shy (adj.). 词根记忆： a. 怕羞的,腼腆的;胆怯的vi.惊退,畏缩The spy is shy of taking shelter on the shelf of the shell-like shed.间谍怕在壳子一样的棚里的架子上栖身. |
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