coyness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈkɔɪ.nəs/ us/ˈkɔɪ.nəs/
害羞、腼腆的行为;忸怩作态的行为;孩子似的行为
behaviour in which someone is or pretends to be shy, or like a child
Marie seems to know exactly what effect her coyness has on men. 玛丽似乎很清楚她的腼腆对男人有什么影响。
"I'd love to come out with you," Melanie said, without the slightest coyness. “我很想和你一起出来，”媚兰说，没有丝毫的害羞。
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- His coyness about his future political intentions prompted a TV news anchor to ask the politician's wife the question on everyone's lips.
- A certain coyness shrouds the enterprise.
- Feigning coyness, she fluttered her lashes.
- The extreme shyness he encountered when they were dating was not coyness.
See: coy