COY的意思|COY的解释-里氏词典

coy [kɒi]

a. 腼腆的, 怕羞的, 羞怯的

She gave a coy smile when he paid her a compliment.
他恭维她时，她忸怩作态地笑了笑。
Please don't be so coy.
请不要那么腼腆。
He is a bit coy when ask about the source of his income.
问起他收入的来源，他就有些吞吞吐吐。

coy

[ adj ]

affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way

<adj.all>

showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement

<adj.all>

a politician coy about his intentions

modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures

<adj.all>

like a wild young colt, very inquisitive but very coy and not to be easily cajoled

Coy \Coy\, v. i.
1. To behave with reserve or coyness; to shrink from approach
or familiarity. [Obs.]

Thus to coy it,
With one who knows you too! --Rowe.

2. To make difficulty; to be unwilling. [Obs.]

If he coyed
To hear Cominius speak, I 'll keep at home. --Shak.

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.

2. Shrinking from approach or familiarity; reserved; bashful;
shy; modest; -- usually applied to women, sometimes with
an implication of coquetry.

Coy, and difficult to win. --Cowper.

Coy and furtive graces. --W. Irving.

Nor the coy maid, half willings to be pressed,
Shall kiss the cup, to pass it to the rest.
--Goldsmith.

3. Soft; gentle; hesitating.

Enforced hate,
Instead of love's coy touch, shall rudely tear thee.
--Shak.

Syn: Shy; shriking; reserved; modest; bashful; backward;
distant.

Coy \Coy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coyed} (koid); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Coying}.]
1. To allure; to entice; to decoy. [Obs.]

A wiser generation, who have the art to coy the
fonder sort into their nets. --Bp. Rainbow.

2. To caress with the hand; to stroke.

Come sit thee down upon this flowery bed,
While I thy amiable cheeks do coy. --Shak.

A Warner spokesman defends the pose as "extremely coy," adding, "To me, it looks almost Victorian."
Mr. Munk is coy about discussing his plans for Barrick.
He will be more specific at a meeting of Charter 88 on Monday, although he will be coy about proportional representation.
I wish she had not been so coy and had identified these governments and organizations.
But on that Mr Farmar remains coy.
If Congress decides to raise taxes, lawmakers can find a coy hint in a White House economic report that a good method would be to increase federal levies on "sin."
For a politician newly come to office, the standard reply to talk about a national role is a flattered, coy sidestep, with the observation that such speculation is premature.
Bush acknowledges his disappointment in the setbacks some Republicans suffered on Tuesday, but dismisses "this kind of coy dance" in which the off-year is weighed as sign of the campaign to come.
It is coy about what it may decide to do about it, but several possibilities will be on the agenda.
Mr. Simmons bought and sold Lockheed shares several times while remaining coy about his intentions.
For the past three years the same leaders have been keen to denounce fundamentalist violence but are notably coy about the brutal methods of the army.
She might have come clean, too, on the low value that Aristotle placed on business, instead of just a coy reference. Once into the book, the self-adulation fades and one begins to appreciate its clarity and directness.
Perhaps in the interests of an entente cordiale, Wolseley's chairman, Mr Jeremy Lancaster, is coy on this point.
Asked why no announcement had been made, Macaraig replied: "When you're being courted, you have to be coy." Opposition to the bases is mounting in the Philippines.
While Midland Bank's Firstdirect is proud to point to the number of bills it pays, it remains remarkably coy about customer balances in its accounts.

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