| 释义 |
coyish, a.|ˈkɔɪɪʃ|
Somewhat coy.
c1530H. Rhodes Bk. Nurture 433 in Babees Bk. 94 To thy fellow be not coyish. 1567Drant tr. Horace's Sat. ii. iii. (R.) This coyishe paramour. 1592Warner Alb. Eng. viii. xlii. (1612) 202 As yet so coyish to be kist. 1833H. Barnard in Maryland Hist. Mag. XIII. 322 A lovely grand-daughter..was present, and was pleased not to be very coyish.
Hence ˈcoyishness.
1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Esquividad, statelines, coyishnes. 1869R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone III. xxii. 317 She would cling to me and nestle to me, being scared of coyishness. |