| 单词 | to coy it |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto coy it a. intransitive. To act or behave coyly; to affect shyness or reserve. Chiefly in to coy it. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > be shy or bashful [verb (intransitive)] > be coy to make it coya1529 coy1582 to maiden it1597 1582 R. Stanyhurst in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 96 If she coye, that kendleth thee fondling loouer his onset. 1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. ii. sig. D Although she coy it as becomes her kinde. 1633 P. Massinger New Way to pay Old Debts iii. ii. sig. G When He comes to woe you, see you, doe not coye it. This mincing modesty hath spoyl'd many a match. 1691 J. Dryden King Arthur iii. i. 34 What, Coying it again! 1713 N. Rowe Jane Shore 11 Thus to coy it! With one who knows you too! 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 285 What! you coy it, my nymph of the high-way? < as lemmas |
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