Word · Frequency #14867
Fully loadedshyness
害羞；羞怯；腼腆
the feeling of being shy or afraid of embarrassment
- 1.
The quality of being shy; a fear of social interactions.
害羞的品质；对社交互动的恐惧。
- 2.
a feeling of fear of embarrassment
怕难为情的感觉；羞怯
害羞的品质；对社交互动的恐惧。；怕难为情的感觉；羞怯；娇羞
In use
Her shyness made it hard for her to speak in front of the class.
He joined a debate club to overcome his shyness.
Despite her shyness, she gave a wonderful presentation.
shyness about (doing) sth
shyness 后接 about 加名词或动名词，说明令人害羞的事；shyness 一般不可数。
His shyness about asking questions kept him silent.
他对提问的羞怯使他保持沉默。
out of shyness
out of 在此表示原因，常用于解释某个行为是出于害羞。
She missed the party out of shyness.
她出于羞怯没有参加聚会。
overcome one's shyness
overcome 常与 shyness 搭配，比 get rid of shyness 更自然。
Connections
Collocations
- overcome shyness
- 克服羞怯
- She took a public speaking class to overcome her shyness.她上了一门演讲课来克服羞怯。
- out of shyness
- 出于害羞
- He didn't answer the question out of shyness.他出于害羞没有回答这个问题。
- extreme shyness
- 极度害羞
- Extreme shyness made it hard for her to talk to new people.极度害羞让她很难和新认识的人交谈。
- childhood shyness
- 童年时期的羞怯
- His childhood shyness gradually disappeared as he made more friends.随着他交到更多朋友，他童年时期的羞怯逐渐消失了。
- social shyness
- 社交羞怯
- Social shyness can affect one's career if left unaddressed.如果不加以解决，社交羞怯会影响一个人的职业。
- a hint of shyness
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：shy（害羞）加上名词后缀 -ness，shyness 就是把害羞变成一种状态，想到一个人低头脸红的样子。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常交流、心理学讨论、正式写作 通常为中性词，多用于日常描述或正式讨论中，不带有强烈感情色彩。
Pronunciation & Spelling
shyness /ˈʃaɪnəs/ 的重音在第一音节，含 /aɪnəs/。真正押韵的有 highness、dryness、slyness（均读 /aɪnəs/）。business /ˈbɪznəs/ 和 happiness /ˈhæpinəs/ 拼写以 -ness 结尾，但重音和元音不同，并不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.