shrinking violet

n. 羞怯的人

例句与用法：

Shrinking violet always ready to speak up for herself.

她可不胆小－－任何场合都能为自己说话。

In the past we have tended to see Mr Smith, not perhaps as a shrinking violet, still less as the gentlest and meekest of spirits, but rather as an electric politician.

在过去我们大概没有把史密斯先生看做是一个胆小害羞的人，更没有把他看做是一个最温柔和顺的人，而是把他看做是一个惊人的政治家。

She's no shrinking violet always ready to speak up for herself.

她可不胆小--任何场合都能为自己说话。

详细释义：

ph.

非常害羞的人; 怕见场面的人