introvert

introvert
noun
  1. a shy, reticent, and typically self-centred person
    性格内向的人
    ■(Psychology)a person predominantly concerned with their own thoughts and feelings rather than with external things
    (心理)内向性格者。 比较 extrovert
adjective
  1. another term for introverted
    同 introverted
派生
introversion
noun
introversive
[-ˈvəːsɪv]
adjective
语源
  1. mid 17th cent. (as a verb in the general sense 'turn one's thoughts inwards (in spiritual contemplation'): from modern Latin introvertere, from intro- 'to the inside' + vertere 'to turn'. Its use as a term in psychology dates from the early 20th cent
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