| 词汇 | shrinking-violet |
| 释义 | shrinking violet noun[ C ] informaluk /ˌʃrɪŋ.kɪŋ ˈvaɪə.lət/ us /ˌʃrɪŋ.kɪŋ ˈvaɪə.lət/ a person who is very shy or modest and does not like to attract attention: 腼腆的人，羞怯的人 She loves appearing on television and is no shrinking violet when it comes to expressing her views.她喜欢上电视，而且在表达观点时毫不羞怯。 Shy and modest aw shucks backward bashful bashfully bashfulness humility inadequacy inadequate indoorsiness indoorsy mousy reticence reticently retiring self-conscious self-consciously shyness unassuming wallflower withdrawn Examples of shrinking violetshrinking violet He is no shrinkingviolet in any sense or form. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Here is no shrinkingviolet who wishes to blush unseen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No shrinkingviolet he —even though he was going, he quit from the spotlight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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