introvert

noun
🔊/ˈɪntrəvɜːt/
🔊/ˈɪntrəvɜːrt/
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  1. a quiet person who is more interested in their own thoughts and feelings than in spending time with other people内向的人;不喜欢与人交往的人
    • He was described as an introvert, a reserved man who spoke little.他被描述为一个内向的人,一个沉默寡言的人,几乎不说话。
    opposite extrovertTopics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originmid 17th cent. (as a verb in the general sense ‘turn one's thoughts inwards (in spiritual contemplation)’): from modern Latin introvertere, from intro- ‘to the inside’ + vertere ‘to turn’. Its use as a term in psychology dates from the early 20th cent.

introvert

adjective
🔊/ˈɪntrəvɜːt/
🔊/ˈɪntrəvɜːrt/
(also introverted)
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  1. more interested in your own thoughts and feelings than in spending time with other people内向的人;不喜欢与人交往的人
    • I'm a very shy and introvert person.我是一个非常害羞和内向的人。