timid

英 [ˈtɪm.ɪd]      美 [ˈtɪm.ɪd]
  • adj. 胆小的;羞怯的
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1. 胆小的只能小声说timid,而不说tmd.
timid 胆怯的,胆小的

来自拉丁语 timere,使恐惧,可能来自 PIE*teme,黑暗的,词源同 temerity,tenebrous.

timid
timid: [16] The Latin verb timēre meant ‘fear’ (its origins are not known). From it were derived the adjective timidus (source of English timid) and the noun timor ‘fear’ (whose medieval Latin descendant timorōsus ‘fearful’ gave English timorous [15]).
=> timorous
timid (adj.)
1540s, from Middle French timide "easily frightened, shy" (16c.) and directly from Latin timidus "fearful, afraid, cowardly," from timere "to fear," of uncertain origin. Related: Timidly; timidness.
1. The newspaper called the plan timid and unimaginative.
该报称这一计划谨小慎微,毫无想象力。
2. He stopped in the doorway, too timid to go in.
他在门口停住了脚步,不好意思进去。
3. He is too timid to venture upon an undertaking.
他太胆小,不敢从事任何事业.
4. He is timid by nature.
他生性胆小.
5. The rabbit is timid and suspicious.
兔子胆小而多疑.

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