timid

timid

英 ['tɪmɪd]
　　美 ['tɪmɪd]

adj. 膽小的；羞怯的

中文詞源：

timid 膽怯的，膽小的

來自拉丁語 timere,使恐懼，可能來自 PIE*teme,黑暗的，詞源同 temerity,tenebrous.

例句：

1. The newspaper called the plan timid and unimaginative.
該報稱這一計劃謹小慎微，毫無想象力。

2. He stopped in the doorway, too timid to go in.
他在門口停住瞭腳步，不好意思進去。

3. He is too timid to venture upon an undertaking.
他太膽小,不敢從事任何事業.

4. He is timid by nature.
他生性膽小.

5. The rabbit is timid and suspicious.
兔子膽小而多疑.