coy

US [kɔɪ]
UK [kɔɪ]
  • n.科伊；【男名】男子名
  • adj.假装害羞无知的；不愿提供信息的；不肯作答的；含糊其词的
  • abbr.(=company)
  • Web腼腆的；忸怩的；怕羞的
Comparative Degree：coyer  Superlative：coyest  

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Coy
adj.
1.
（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shy or pretending to be shy and innocent, especially about love or sex, and sometimes in order to make people more interested in you
She gave me a coy smile.
她羞答答地对我笑了笑。
2.
~ (about sth)
不愿提供信息的；不肯作答的；含糊其词的not willing to give information about sth, or answer questions that tell people too much about you
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。

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Definition:
AllAll,科伊科伊,男子名男子名,假装害羞无知的假装害羞无知的,不愿提供信息的不愿提供信息的,不肯作答的不肯作答的,含糊其词的含糊其词的,腼腆的腼腆的,忸怩的忸怩的,怕羞的怕羞的
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1.
"Why, " said the duke, "the lady I would wish to marry is nice and coy, and does not much esteem my aged eloquence. "
“噢，我想娶的这位姑娘很贞洁，很害羞。”公爵说，“我这老头子的话打不动她的心。”
" ō , wǒ xiǎng qǔ de zhè wèi gū niang hěn zhēn jié , hěn hài xiū 。 " gōng jué shuō , " wǒ zhè lǎo tóu zi de huà dǎ bù dòng tā de xīn 。 "
2.
"Yes, " she said, and she began to giggle again, sheepishly, and with a pretense of being coy.
“是埃”说着她又傻笑开了，很忸怩，作出一副害羞的样子。
" shì āi " shuō zhe tā yòu shǎ xiào kāi le , hěn niǔ ní , zuò chū yī fù hài xiū de yàng zǐ 。
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3.
Tell him that I reaffirm my appraisal of him while I was on Earth: the fact that he is "THE REAL MC-COY. "
告诉他，我重申自己那时还在世的时候对于他的评估：他就是那真实不虚的MC-COY。
gào su tā , wǒ chóng shēn zì jǐ nà shí hái zài shì de shí hou duì yú tā de píng gū : tā jiù shì nà zhēn shí bù xū de MC-COY 。
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4.
Mercury has been coy in revealing its secrets slowly so far, but in less than two years the innermost planet will become a close friend.
水星一直不愿意在公开的秘密慢慢迄今为止，但在不到两年的时间深处的行星将成为亲密的朋友。
shuǐ xīng yì zhí bù yuàn yì zài gōng kāi de mì mì màn màn qì jīn wéi zhǐ , dàn zài bù dào liǎng nián de shí jiān shēn chù de xíng xīng jiāng chéng wéi qīn mì de péng yǒu 。
forum.sfw.com.cn
5.
So let me admit something right off the bat that I've been sort of coy about up till now: We goofed.
现在我来立即承认一件我一直没有直言的事吧：我们搞糟了。
xiàn zài wǒ lái lì jí chéng rèn yī jiàn wǒ yì zhí méi yǒu zhí yán de shì ba : wǒ men gǎo zāo le 。
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6.
She was a little coy about how much her dress cost.
她对她那件衣服花了多少钱有点吞吞吐吐。
tā duì tā nà jiàn yī fu huā le duō shao qián yǒu diǎn tūn tūn tǔ tǔ 。
7.
But when it comes to those at the bottom of the system who enrage the middle classes, he offers coy platitudes or ideas that cost money.
但当谈到那些让中级阶级愤怒的社会边缘群体时，他的陈词滥调与花钱理论令人脸红。
dàn dāng tán dào nà xiē ràng zhōng jí jiē jí fèn nù de shè huì biān yuán qún tǐ shí , tā de chén cí làn diào yǔ huā qián lǐ lùn lìng rén liǎn hóng 。
www.ecocn.org
8.
A decade later, a coy Monroe stands smiling on a Grand Central subway platform as a man to her left stares in bug-eyed disbelief.
十年之后，腼腆的梦露站在中央地铁站的月台上微笑时，此时她左边的一位男士则目瞪口呆地怀疑地盯着她。
shí nián zhī hòu , miǎn tiǎn de mèng lòu zhàn zài zhōng yāng dì tiě zhàn de yuè tái shàng wēi xiào shí , cǐ shí tā zuǒ bian de yī wèi nán shì zé mù dèng kǒu dāi de huái yí de dīng zhe tā 。
blog.sina.com.cn
9.
But above all, as Tehelka, a news weekly, observed, the strip appeared to "poke fun at the coy Indian attitude towards sexuality" .
但最重要的是，如新闻周刊Tehelka所指，这些画表现出“对腼腆的印度人对待性爱的调笑”。
dàn zuì zhòng yào de shì , rú xīn wén zhōu kān Tehelka suǒ zhǐ , zhè xiē huà biǎo xiàn chū " duì miǎn tiǎn de yìn dù rén duì dài xìng ài de tiáo xiào " 。
article.yeeyan.org
10.
So far, Google has been coy about admitting the rivalry (whereas Microsoft's boss, Steve Ballmer, is obsessed with it).
迄今为止，谷歌扭捏作态地承认了这个竞争（然而微软的老板，史蒂夫·巴尔默，却为此而困惑）。
qì jīn wéi zhǐ , gǔ gē niǔ niē zuò tài de chéng rèn le zhè ge jìng zhēng ( rán ér wēi ruǎn de lǎo bǎn , shǐ dì fū · bā ěr mò , què wèi cǐ ér kùn huò ) 。
www.ecocn.org