喜樂美語
  1. 1

    Pretending to be shy, modest, or unwilling to give information, often in a playful or slightly flirty way. People say someone is 'being coy' when they know something - like good news, or their feelings for someone - but won't say it directly, teasing others instead. The thing being held back follows with about: 'she's being coy about who she's dating', 'the company stayed coy about its plans.'

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原始詞典資料12 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Coyname/kɔɪ/

  • 1

    A surname.

  • 2

    An unincorporated community in McDonald County, Missouri.

coyadj詞源 1/kɔɪ/

  • 1

    datedBashful, shy, retiring.

  • 2

    archaicQuiet, reserved, modest.

  • 3

    Reluctant to give details about something sensitive; notably prudish.

  • 4

    Pretending shyness or modesty, especially in an insincere or flirtatious way.

    • The ill-bred miss, the bird-brained Jill, / May simper and be coy at will; / A lady, sir, as you will find, / Keeps counsel, or she speaks her mind, / Means what she says and scorns to fence / And palter with feigned innocence.
  • 5

    Soft, gentle, hesitating.

    • Enforced hate, / Instead of love's coy touch, shall rudely tear thee.

coyverb詞源 1/kɔɪ/

  • 1

    obsoleteTo caress, pet; to coax, entice.

    • Come sit thee down upon this flowery bed, / While I thy amiable cheeks do coy.
  • 2

    obsoleteTo calm or soothe.

  • 3

    obsoleteTo allure; to decoy.

    • For now there are ſprung up a wiſer generation in this kind, who have the Art to coy the fonder ſort into their nets

coynoun詞源 2/kɔɪ/

  • 1

    A trap from which waterfowl may be hunted.

coynoun詞源 3/kɔɪ/

  • 1

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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。