| 单词 | sun-shy |
| 释义 | > as lemmassun-shy sun-shy adj. that avoids or spends little time in the sun, or receives little sunshine; spec. (of a person or part of the body) pale, untanned. [In quot. 1894 after German sonnenscheu (of conspiracy) that avoids the sun (1804 in the passage explained by the note).] ΚΠ 1894 R. W. Deering in tr. F. Schiller Wilhelm Tell 203 (note) Sonnen-scheu, lit. ‘sun-shy’. 1906 J. Payne tr. T. Gautier in Flowers of France I. 134 Jessamines with petals pearly-white And Belles-de-nuit sun-shy, that open but at night. a1973 J. R. R. Tolkien Silmarillion (1977) xvi. 135 What errand have you, Dark Elf, in my lands? An urgent matter, perhaps, that keeps one so sun-shy abroad by day. 2011 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 16 May (Features section) 24 This two-tone peach-tinted bronzer, with a hint of golden-brown, gave a natural glow to my fair sun-shy skin. < as lemmas |
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