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camera-shy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. Reluctant or resisting to be photographed.
   • Off to Essex, where Geoff Hutton brings our attention to our latest station cat. "Gidea Park Station on the TfL Shenfield line also has a cat, although she is a bit camera shy," he says. "Apparently she lives in a neighbouring house, but spends much of her time at the station - usually, as illustrated, on the north side ticket barrier. Surely such an arrangement should be mandatory for all stations?" 2019 November 6, “Stop & Examine”, in Rail, page 79, caption:

Forms

Translations (8)

fr qui n'aime pas être filmé (camera-shy) · pl nieśmiały przed kamerą (camera-shy) · fr qui n'aime pas être pris en photo (camera-shy) · de kamerascheu (camera-shy) · az kameradan utanan (camera-shy) · fr timide devant l'objectif (camera-shy) · fr timide devant la caméra (camera-shy) · fi kameroita välttelevä (camera-shy)