coy /kɔɪ/ adjectiveadj 1 PRETENDshy or pretending to be shy in order to attract people’s interest 害羞的;忸怩作态的 She gave him a coy smile. 她对他含羞一笑。
2 SECRETunwilling to give information about something 含糊其词的,不肯表态的 OPP opencoy about Tania was always coy about her age. 塔妮娅总是不愿意说自己的年龄。
—coyly adverbadv
—coyness noun [uncountableU]