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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- play
- go
- …
- 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 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- remain
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
Word OriginMiddle 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’.