timid

timid 形容人缺乏勇气或自信、遇事容易退缩，常译为“胆怯的”或“羞怯的”。

💡 记忆钩子

把 timid 想成一个想往前走却因害怕而缩回去的人：核心不是单纯安静，而是因为缺乏勇气或信心而不敢行动、表达自己。

📖 中文释义

adj

core 胆怯的；缺乏自信的

📖 指一个人因为害怕或没有把握而不敢面对别人、表达自己或采取行动，像是想往前走却缩了回来。

💡 常用“be timid”描述人的性格或表现，也可说“a timid person”或“timid about doing something”。它通常带有“退缩、不够大胆”的意味，不只是说一个人话少或性格安静。

She's too timid to ask for help.

她太胆怯了，不敢开口求助。

He was a timid child who rarely spoke in class.

他小时候很羞怯，在课堂上很少说话。

timider comparative more timid comparative timidest superlative most timid superlative

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 4 组

showing fear and lack of confidence

同义词集: timid

反义: bold 近似: coy, fearful, intimidated, timorous, trepid 参见: backward, cowardly, fearful

lacking conviction or boldness or courage

同义词集: faint fainthearted timid faint-hearted

faint heart ne'er won fair lady

近似: cowardly, fearful

lacking self-confidence; ;

同义词集: diffident shy timid unsure

stood in the doorway diffident and abashed

problems that call for bold not timid responses

a very unsure young man

反义: confident

people who are fearful and cautious

同义词集: timid cautious

whitewater rafting is not for the timid

反义: brave 上位: people

🌳 词源

源自中古法语 timide，最终来自拉丁语 timidus，和“害怕”有关。

Latin timeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin timidusder. Middle French timideder. English timid From Middle French timide, from Latin timidus (“full of fear, fearful, timid”), from timeō (“to fear”).

🔄 变式

more timid compar most timid superl timider compar timidest superl

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