| 词汇 | be shy (of something) |
| 释义 | be shy (of something)be shy (of something) especially American EnglishAmEENOUGH#LESS to have less than a particular amount of something 不足，未达到（…的）所需数量 The Democrats are three votes shy of a majority. 民主党离多数票还差三票。 Jessica died Monday. She was one week shy of her 13th birthday. 杰茜卡是星期一死的，还有一个星期就是她的13岁生日。 Examples from the Corpus be shy (of something)• It's no good taking a girl to bed if she is shy..• I was shy about meeting the man who had come to visit.• Her eyes were shy and looked away from him as he took the paper.• Kritzer, however, said most of the mainstream media are shying away from it.• You may be shy, but good oral communications are a key business skill.• The Democrats are three votes shy of a majority.• She was one week shy of her twentieth birthday when she got married.• We must also avoid branch meetings seem like a gathering of old chums into which an outsider might be shy of intruding.• I was shy of undressing in front of adults. → be shy (of something) at shy1(2) |
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