coy

adjective

/kɔɪ/

shy or pretending to be shy and innocent, especially about love or sex, and sometimes in order to make people more interested in you（尤指对爱情或性爱）羞羞答答的，假装害羞无知的，故作忸怩的
- She gave me a coy smile.她羞答答地对我笑了笑。
- He went all coy when I mentioned her name.我提到她的名字时，他一下子变得非常害羞。
- She gave him a rather coy look.她有点儿忸怩地看了他一眼。
Topics Personal qualitiesc2
Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- play
- go
- …
adverb
- all
- extremely
- very
- …
coy (about something) not willing to give information about something, or answer questions that tell people too much about you不愿提供信息的；不肯作答的；含糊其词的 synonym reticent
- She was a little coy about how much her dress cost.她对她那条连衣裙花了多少钱有点吞吞吐吐。
- The company is coy about revealing its profits.该公司不愿透露其利润。
Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- remain
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
preposition
- about

词源Middle English: from Old French coi, quei, from Latin quietus ‘repose, quiet’. The original sense was ‘quiet, still’ (especially in behaviour), later ‘modestly retiring’, and hence (of a woman) ‘affecting to be unresponsive to advances’.

词汇	coy
释义	coy adjective /kɔɪ/ /kɔɪ/ shy or pretending to be shy and innocent, especially about love or sex, and sometimes in order to make people more interested in you（尤指对爱情或性爱）羞羞答答的，假装害羞无知的，故作忸怩的 She gave me a coy smile.她羞答答地对我笑了笑。 He went all coy when I mentioned her name.我提到她的名字时，他一下子变得非常害羞。 She gave him a rather coy look.她有点儿忸怩地看了他一眼。 Topics Personal qualitiesc2 Collocations Dictionaryverbs be play go … adverb all extremely very … coy (about something) not willing to give information about something, or answer questions that tell people too much about you不愿提供信息的；不肯作答的；含糊其词的 synonym reticent She was a little coy about how much her dress cost.她对她那条连衣裙花了多少钱有点吞吞吐吐。 The company is coy about revealing its profits.该公司不愿透露其利润。 Collocations Dictionaryverbs be remain adverb extremely fairly very … preposition about 词源Middle English: from Old French coi, quei, from Latin quietus ‘repose, quiet’. The original sense was ‘quiet, still’ (especially in behaviour), later ‘modestly retiring’, and hence (of a woman) ‘affecting to be unresponsive to advances’.
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