fight shy

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To avoid meeting at a close distance or at close quarters; to keep out of reach, to avoid. idiomatic,intransitive
    — Maybe she is imprisoned there and cannot get out: it would be a terrible fate, would it not, Signorina? Me, I think it is better to fight shy of the heathen gods."

词形变化

fights shy present,singular,third-person fighting shy participle,present fought shy participle,past fought shy past
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