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1 держащийся в тени
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2 скромный
1) General subject: abstemious, bashful, blushing, chaste, conservative (о подсчете и т.п.), coy, demure, diffident, discreet, frugal, homely, honest, humble, low profile, low-profile (о роли), lowly, maidenlike, meager (о результатах), mean, meek, moderate, modest, neat, obscure, plain, pudent, pudibund, quiet, retiring, self effacing, self-effacing, shamefaced (о цветке и т. п.), simple, small, spare, unassertive, unassuming, unobtrusive, unpresuming, unpresumptuous, unpretending, unpretentious, decent, limited (об успехе, ресурсах и т.п.), minimalistic, unimposing, unostentatious2) Rare: verecund3) Religion: gentle, humble oneself, maidenly4) Psychoanalysis: unconfident5) Makarov: coy (особ. о девушке)6) Archaic: shy7) Taboo: (в сексуальном плане) slow -
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ТИШЕ ВОДЫ, НИЖЕ ТРАВЫ быть*, вести себя, держаться и т. п. coll AdjP Invar subj-compl with copula (subj: human or adv fixed WOone is timid, humble, self-effacingone behaves timidly, humblyX (держится) тише воды, ниже травы = X is (keeps) (as) quiet as a mouseX is (as) gentle (meek) as a lambyou'd never hear a peep from (out of) X. "И чего на него нашло такое? Никому никогда не перечил, тише воды, ниже травы был - и на тебе вдруг!» (Айтматов 1). "What's come over him? He never crossed anyone, always quiet as a mouse, and now-look at him" (1a). "What on earth's come over him? He never crossed anybody, he was meek as a lamb-then this all of a sudden" (1b). -
4 тише воды, ниже травы
• ТИШЕ ВОДЫ, НИЖЕ ТРАВЫ быть, вести себя, держаться и т.п. coll[AdjP; Invar; subj-compl with copula (subj: human) or adv; fixed WO]=====⇒ one is timid, humble, self-effacing; one behaves timidly, humbly:- X is (as) gentle < meek> as a lamb;- you'd never hear a peep from < out of> X.♦ "И чего на него нашло такое? Никому никогда не перечил, тише воды, ниже травы был - и на тебе вдруг!" (Айтматов 1). "What's come over him? He never crossed anyone, always quiet as a mouse, and now - look at him" (1a). "What on earth's come over him? He never crossed anybody, he was meek as a lamb-then this all of a sudden" (1b).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > тише воды, ниже травы
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5 скромный
modest имя прилагательное:unassuming (скромный, непритязательный)unassertive (скромный, застенчивый) -
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self-effacing — 1902, from SELF (Cf. self) + effacing (see EFFACE (Cf. efface)). Self effacement is recorded from 1866 … Etymology dictionary
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self-effacing — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not claiming attention for oneself. DERIVATIVES self effacement noun … English terms dictionary
self-effacing — index diffident, unobtrusive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
self-effacing — ADJ GRADED Someone who is self effacing does not like talking about themselves or drawing attention to themselves. As women we tend to be self effacing and make light of what we have achieved. ...the slightly self effacing manner adopted by many… … English dictionary
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self-effacing — adjective not wanting to attract attention to yourself or your achievements, especially because you are not socially confident: He was loved for his skill and also his self effacing modesty. self effacement noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
self-effacing — UK [ˌself ɪˈfeɪsɪŋ] / US adjective a self effacing person does not want to be noticed by other people and tends not to talk about their abilities or achievements … English dictionary
self-effacing — adjective Shy, extremely humble and modest; making oneself seem unnoticeable. Clark Kents self effacing behavior is to purposefully make people ignore him … Wiktionary