shy به انگلیسی

 

From Longman Dictionary

shy¹ /ʃaɪ/ ●●○ adjective (comparative shyer, superlative shyest)

nervous and embarrassed about meeting and speaking to other people, especially people you do not know

unwilling to do something or get involved in something

used to say that someone does not like something and therefore tries to avoid it

 shy animals get frightened easily and are unwilling to come near people

shy² verb (shied, shying, shies) [intransitive]

if a horse shies, it makes a sudden movement away from something because it is frightened

Example

Look, she’s gone all shy – stop teasing her

He was painfully shy in public, but completely different at home with his family

Perhaps his anxiety leads him to be excessively shy and almost apologise for his existence

Being asked to go on a committee may be something we tend to shy away from at first

There are some horses who are really just avoiding working by shying at everything