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coy 音標拼音: [k'ɔɪ] a. 靦腆的,怕羞的,羞怯的 □腆的,怕羞的,羞怯的 coy adj 1: affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way [ synonym: { coy}, { demure}, { overmodest}] 2: showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement; " a politician coy about his intentions" 3: modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures; " like a wild young colt, very inquisitive but very coy and not to be easily cajoled" Coy \ Coy\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Coyed} ( koid); p. pr. & vb. n. { Coying}.] 1. To allure; to entice; to decoy. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] A wiser generation, who have the art to coy the fonder sort into their nets. -- Bp. Rainbow. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To caress with the hand; to stroke. [ 1913 Webster] Come sit thee down upon this flowery bed, While I thy amiable cheeks do coy. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Coy \ Coy\ ( koi), a. [ OE. coi quiet, still, OF. coi, coit, fr. L. quietus quiet, p. p. of quiescere to rest, quie rest; prob. akin to E. while. See { While}, and cf. { Quiet}, { Quit}, { Quite}.] 1. Quiet; still. [ Obs.] -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Shrinking from approach or familiarity; reserved; bashful; shy; modest; -- usually applied to women, sometimes with an implication of coquetry. [ 1913 Webster] Coy, and difficult to win. -- Cowper. [ 1913 Webster] Coy and furtive graces. -- W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster] Nor the coy maid, half willings to be pressed, Shall kiss the cup, to pass it to the rest. -- Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Soft; gentle; hesitating. [ 1913 Webster] Enforced hate, Instead of love' s coy touch, shall rudely tear thee. -- Shak. Syn: Shy; shriking; reserved; modest; bashful; backward; distant. [ 1913 Webster]
Coy \ Coy\, v. i. 1. To behave with reserve or coyness; to shrink from approach or familiarity. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Thus to coy it, With one who knows you too! -- Rowe. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To make difficulty; to be unwilling. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] If he coyed To hear Cominius speak, I ' ll keep at home. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 39 Moby Thesaurus words for " coy": amative, amatory, arch, bashful, capricious, caressive, confused, conscious, coquettish, decent, decorous, demure, diffident, flirtatious, flirty, inarticulate, kittenish, lively, mischievous, mousy, nice, playful, proper, rabbity, retiring, roguish, seemly, self- conscious, self- effacing, sexual, shamefaced, shamefast, shy, skittish, stammering, timid, timorous, unassertive, unassured |
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