形容词

1. Don't be coy with me about your past record.
把你的履历跟我直说了吧。

2. She is coy of singing.
她唱歌怕羞。

1. 怕羞的：cower 畏缩 | coy 怕羞的 | cozen 欺骗

2. 腼腆的：coxy 骄傲的 | coy 腼腆的 | coyly 害羞地

3. (忸怩的)：cheerful(快乐的) | coy(忸怩的) | charming(迷人的)

4. 腼腆的,忸怩的：cow 母牛;威胁 | coy 腼腆的,忸怩的 | crag 悬崖,峭壁

1. (对爱情或性爱)害羞的，腼腆的，故作忸怩的，假装害羞的
A coy person is shy, or pretends to be shy, about love and sex.

e.g. She is modest without being coy...
她很端庄，丝毫不忸怩。
e.g. I was sickened by the way Carol charmed all the men by turning coy.
卡萝尔忸怩作态勾引男人的样子让我恶心。

adj

1. modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures

e.g. like a wild young colt, very inquisitive but very coy and not to be easily cajoled

2. showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement

e.g. a politician coy about his intentions

3. affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way

Synonym: demureovermodest