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verb + shyly
shyly 直接放在动词后，表示以害羞、胆怯的神情做这个动作。
She smiled shyly at her new classmates.
她害羞地朝新同学们笑了笑。
害羞地；羞怯地；胆怯地
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害羞地；羞怯地；胆怯地
in a shy, timid, or bashful manner
She smiled shyly at her new classmates.
她害羞地朝新同学们笑了笑。
害羞地。
In a shy manner.
She smiled shyly at the new student.
她害羞地朝新同学笑了笑。
The little boy shyly hid behind his mother's legs.
小男孩害羞地躲在妈妈腿后面。
He shyly admitted that he liked the song.
他羞怯地承认自己喜欢那首歌。
shyly 直接放在动词后，表示以害羞、胆怯的神情做这个动作。
She smiled shyly at her new classmates.
她害羞地朝新同学们笑了笑。
shyly 也可放在动词前作状语，同样表示做动作时的羞怯心态。
He shyly asked if he could join the game.
他怯生生地问能否加入游戏。
shyly 常与 look 连用，后接 at 引出看的人或物。
The boy looked shyly at the teacher.
那男孩羞怯地看着老师。
Not this
She smiled shy at the stranger.
Use this
She smiled shyly at the stranger.
动词 smile 需要用副词来修饰，shy 是形容词；应改为副词 shyly 表示“害羞地”。
Not this
I felt shyly when the teacher called my name.
Use this
I felt shy when the teacher called my name.
feel 是系动词，后面应接形容词作表语；shyly 是副词，不能作表语，所以应改用形容词 shy。
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害羞地微笑
She smiled shyly at her new classmates.
她害羞地对着新同学微笑。
羞怯地瞥一眼
He glanced shyly at the girl across the room.
他羞怯地瞥了一眼房间对面的女孩。
害羞地脸红
The boy blushed shyly when the teacher praised him.
老师表扬他时，男孩害羞地脸红了。
羞怯地低声说
She murmured shyly that she liked the gift.
她羞怯地低声说她喜欢这份礼物。
害羞地低下头
He looked down shyly and said nothing.
他害羞地低下头，什么也没说。
怯生生地回答
The child answered shyly when asked her name.
当被问到名字时，小女孩怯生生地回答。
“我其实没那么帅，”他害羞地说。
She looked up and smiled shyly.
她抬起头，害羞地笑了。
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shyly 拆成 shy（害羞）+ ly（副词后缀‘…地’），联想一个人害羞地低头、轻声细语——shyly 就是羞怯地做某事。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、文学描写、口语叙述 shyly 是中性常用副词，多用于描述某人以害羞或胆怯的方式做某事，在日常口语和书面叙述中都比较常见。
这些词都与 shyly /ˈʃaɪli/ 押韵：重读元音都是 /aɪ/，后面跟着轻读的 /li/。注意形近但发音不同的词：holy /ˈhoʊli/、wholly /ˈhoʊli/、silly /ˈsɪli/、slowly /ˈsloʊli/ 都以 -ly 结尾，但和 shyly 不押韵。
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