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timid

美音:[´tımıd ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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adj.胆小的,羞怯的

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timid为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

副词:timidly 名词:timidity 形容词比较级:timider 最高级:timidest

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thim=to fear(害怕)

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timid


/'tɪmɪd; `tɪmɪd/
adj easily frightened; shy 胆怯的; 羞怯的
*as timid as a rabbit 胆小如兔.

timid


adj
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: timidus, from timere; TIMOROUS]
not having courage or confidence
= shy
confident
 I was a timid child.
 a policy that is both timid and inadequate
>timidlyadv
>timidity [tɪ'mɪdɪti/
1. They were peered at cautiously from behind curtains by the timid.
    小镇的人胆小的就躲在窗帘后小心翼翼地偷看他们,

2. He is timid by nature.
    他生性胆小.

3. “I kept playing the same disk in my CD player for a whole day once just to test her because she was so timid,” says Noel. “It took her until dinner time to finally change it.”
    "我曾从早到晚用CD机播放同一张碟,就是为了试试她,因为她太羞怯了," 诺埃尔说,"直到那天晚饭时,她才终于改变了她的羞怯。"

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