coy

adjective

/kɔɪ/

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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.
- He went all coy when I mentioned her name.
- She gave him a rather coy look.
Topics Personal qualitiesc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- play
- go
- …
adverb
- all
- extremely
- very
- …
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coy (about something) not willing to give information about something, or answer questions that tell people too much about you synonym reticent
- She was a little coy about how much her dress cost.
- The company is coy about revealing its profits.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- remain
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
preposition
- about
See full entry

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French coi, quei, from Latin quietus ‘repose, quiet’. The original sense was ‘quiet, still’ (especially in behaviour), later ‘modestly retiring’, and hence (of a woman) ‘affecting to be unresponsive to advances’.

单词	coy
释义	coy adjective /kɔɪ/ /kɔɪ/ jump to other results 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. He went all coy when I mentioned her name. She gave him a rather coy look. Topics Personal qualitiesc2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be play go … adverb all extremely very … See full entry coy (about something) not willing to give information about something, or answer questions that tell people too much about you synonym reticent She was a little coy about how much her dress cost. The company is coy about revealing its profits. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be remain adverb extremely fairly very … preposition about See full entry Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French coi, quei, from Latin quietus ‘repose, quiet’. The original sense was ‘quiet, still’ (especially in behaviour), later ‘modestly retiring’, and hence (of a woman) ‘affecting to be unresponsive to advances’.
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