timid
英 ['t?m?d]
美['t?m?d]
- adj. 膽小的；羞怯的
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詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?timidly;名詞:?timidity;
助記提示
1. 膽小的只能小聲說(shuō)timid，而不說(shuō)tmd.
中文詞源
timid 膽怯的，膽小的
來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) timere,使恐懼，可能來(lái)自 PIE*teme,黑暗的，詞源同 temerity,tenebrous.
英文詞源
- timid
- timid: [16] The Latin verb timēre meant ‘fear’ (its origins are not known). From it were derived the adjective timidus (source of English timid) and the noun timor ‘fear’ (whose medieval Latin descendant timorōsus ‘fearful’ gave English timorous [15]).
=> timorous - timid (adj.)
- 1540s, from Middle French timide "easily frightened, shy" (16c.) and directly from Latin timidus "fearful, afraid, cowardly," from timere "to fear," of uncertain origin. Related: Timidly; timidness.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The newspaper called the plan timid and unimaginative.
- 該報(bào)稱(chēng)這一計(jì)劃謹(jǐn)小慎微，毫無(wú)想象力。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. He stopped in the doorway, too timid to go in.
- 他在門(mén)口停住了腳步，不好意思進(jìn)去。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. He is too timid to venture upon an undertaking.
- 他太膽小,不敢從事任何事業(yè).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. He is timid by nature.
- 他生性膽小.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 5. The rabbit is timid and suspicious.
- 兔子膽小而多疑.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》