A coy person is shy, or pretends to be shy, about love and sex.
例句
She is modest without being coy...她很端莊，絲毫不忸怩。I was sickened by the way Carol charmed all the men by turning coy.卡蘿爾忸怩作態勾引男人的樣子讓我惡心。
ADJ-GRADED
(因愧疚或難為情而)含糊其辭的
If someone is being coy, they are unwilling to talk about something that they feel guilty or embarrassed about.
例句
The hotel are understandably coy about the incident...酒店對那次事件不愿多說，這可以理解。Mr Alexander is not the slightest bit coy about his ambitions.亞歷山大先生對自己的抱負毫不隱諱。