shy

çekingen, ürkek, utangaç

İnsanların yanında rahat olamayan veya kolayca korkan.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: You feel nervous around people or become frightened easily.

• The shy child hid behind his mother.
• She feels shy around strangers.
• These birds are shy and difficult to approach.

Nasıl kullanılır: shy around someone (He is shy around unfamiliar people.); shy of someone/something (The deer are shy of humans.)

Eş anlamlılar: timid, bashful

Zıt anlamlılar: bold, confident

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: shy child, shy around someone, shy animal

utangaç, çekingen

İnsanlarla tanışırken veya ilgi odağı olduğunda utanıp gerilen.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Feeling nervous or uncomfortable when meeting people or getting their attention.

• She is shy around strangers.
• I was too shy to ask her name.
• Were you shy as a child?

Nasıl kullanılır: shy around someone (She feels shy around new people.); shy about doing something (He is shy about speaking in class.)

Eş anlamlılar: timid, reserved

Zıt anlamlılar: confident, outgoing

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: shy child, shy around someone, feel shy

eksik, az

Gereken veya beklenen miktardan biraz daha az olan.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Having slightly less than the amount needed or expected.

• We are three players shy.
• The bill was just shy of fifty dollars.
• They stopped a mile shy of the finish.

Nasıl kullanılır: shy of something (We finished just shy of our target.)

Eş anlamlılar: short

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: shy of something, just shy of, two shy

tercihini gizleyen

Özellikle seçim öncesi anketlerde hangi partiyi desteklediğini söylemek istemeyen.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Unwilling to tell people which political party you support, especially when answering questions before an election.

• Shy voters may refuse to answer political surveys.
• The poll missed several shy conservative voters.
• Researchers studied the effect of shy voters on election predictions.

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: shy voters, shy conservatives, shy voter effect

ürküp sıçramak

Bir şeyden korkup aniden sıçrayarak uzaklaşmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To move suddenly away from something because you are frightened.

• The horse shied at the noise.
• Our pony shies when cars pass too close.
• The mare shied and nearly threw her rider.

Nasıl kullanılır: shy at something (The pony shied at a passing truck.)

Eş anlamlılar: start, recoil

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: shy at something, shy away

fırlatmak

Bir şeyi ani ve hızlı bir hareketle atmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To throw something with a quick, sudden movement.

• He shied a stone at the wall.
• The boy shied an apple across the yard.
• She shied the ball towards the bucket.

Nasıl kullanılır: shy something at someone/something (He shied a pebble at the empty tin.)

Eş anlamlılar: throw, fling

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: shy a stone, shy something at

atış tezgâhı

Panayırda ödül kazanmak için hedeflere nesneler atılan tezgâh.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A fairground stall where you throw objects at targets to win prizes.

• We tried the coconut shy.
• The fair had a shy with wooden targets.
• He won a prize at the coconut shy.

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: coconut shy, fairground shy