shyness(名词):害羞;腼腆;羞怯。指在社交场合中感到不自在、拘谨或不愿主动表达的状态。(也可引申为“羞涩感、矜持”,较少见。)
/ˈʃaɪnəs/
She overcame her shyness and introduced herself.
她克服了害羞,主动做了自我介绍。
His shyness, rooted in years of being ignored, made it difficult for him to speak up even when he had good ideas.
他长期被忽视带来的羞怯,让他即使有好想法也很难开口表达。
shyness 来自形容词 shy(害羞的、胆怯的)+ 名词后缀 -ness(表示“……的状态/性质”)。shy 在早期英语中带有“回避、退缩”的含义,后来逐渐常用来描述人在社交中的拘谨与不自在。