timid

• adj. 膽小的；羞怯的

來自拉丁語 timere,使恐懼，可能來自 PIE*teme,黑暗的，詞源同 temerity,tenebrous.

timid

timid: [16] The Latin verb timēre meant ‘fear’ (its origins are not known). From it were derived the adjective timidus (source of English timid) and the noun timor ‘fear’ (whose medieval Latin descendant timorōsus ‘fearful’ gave English timorous [15]).
=> timorous

timid (adj.)

1540s, from Middle French timide "easily frightened, shy" (16c.) and directly from Latin timidus "fearful, afraid, cowardly," from timere "to fear," of uncertain origin. Related: Timidly; timidness.

1. The newspaper called the plan timid and unimaginative.

該報稱這一計劃謹(jǐn)小慎微，毫無想象力。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He stopped in the doorway, too timid to go in.

他在門口停住了腳步，不好意思進(jìn)去。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. He is too timid to venture upon an undertaking.

他太膽小,不敢從事任何事業(yè).

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. He is timid by nature.

他生性膽小.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. The rabbit is timid and suspicious.

兔子膽小而多疑.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》