单词 | game-shy |
释义 | > as lemmasgame-shy game-shy adj. now rare (a) (esp. of a dog) nervous of approaching game; (b) reluctant to participate in a game or games. ΚΠ 1890 Fanciers' Jrnl. 26 July 20/3 I do not believe that any young dog can be shot over the first time game is flushed before him without danger of frightening and making him game shy, gun-shy, or both. 1912 Hunter-Trader-Trapper June 75/1 I tried so many foxhounds, only in course of time to find them so often undone, that is, game shy. 1912 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 26 Nov. 4/5 There are players..who, although always in the thick of the play in the practice scrimmage, are ‘game shy’. 1937 Jrnl. Health, Physical Educ. & Recreation 8 371/1 Activity method should have applied usefulness as much for the game-shy child, as for the more usual case who is book-shy. < as lemmas |
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