Shy作爲名詞時，是指害羞的、靦腆的、羞怯的、怕生的、顯得靦腆的、看着羞怯的、怕人的、易受驚的、膽小的。shy作爲名詞時，是指投擲、驚退、驚逸、投扔、亂丟。shy作爲動詞時，是指被嚇退、被驚走。shy的第三人稱單數是shies。
Shy的例句：She was too shy to ask anyone for help.她太靦腆，不願向任何人求助。As a teenager I was painfully shy.我十幾歲的時候靦腆得很。
The panda is a shy creature.熊貓是一種膽小的動物。The band has never been shy of publicity.這支樂隊一向不憚招搖。
He died before Christmas,only a month shy of his 90th birthday.他在聖誕節前去世了，僅差一個月就滿90歲。
