squirmed

英 [skwɜːmd]

美 [skwɜːrmd]

v.  (因紧张、不舒服等)动来动去，来回扭动，坐卧不宁; 十分尴尬; 羞愧难当; 无地自容
squirm的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB (通常指因紧张不安或不适而)扭动，动来动去
  If yousquirm, you move your body from side to side, usually because you are nervous or uncomfortable.
  1. He had squirmed and wriggled and screeched when his father had washed his face...
     父亲给他洗脸时，他扭来扭去，尖声喊叫。
  2. He gave a feeble shrug and tried to squirm free...
     他无力地耸耸肩，扭动身体想要挣脱。
  3. He squirmed out of the straps of his backpack.
     他扭动身体，挣开背包的肩带。
• VERB 窘迫不安;难为情
  If yousquirm, you are very embarrassed or ashamed.
  1. Mentioning religion is a sure way to make him squirm.
     一提宗教就肯定会让他感到窘迫不安。
  2. ...the type of awful occasion that makes politicians squirm with embarrassment.
     使政客尴尬不安的那种糟糕场合

双语例句

• The tender words he was supposed to say at that point squirmed in the air and rushed to the tip of his tongue to be spoken.
  这时空气里蠕动着他该说的情话，都扑凑向他嘴边要他说。
• I squirmed free and dug out the handkerchief from Henrys pocket, crumbs spilling to the floor.
  我一点点挣脱出来，从亨利的口袋里掏出条手帕，饼干屑撒在了地板上。
• He squirmed with embarrassment.
  他因窘迫而坐立不安。
• He squirmed out of the straps of his backpack.
  他扭动身体，挣开背包的肩带。
• His remarks were so ill-judged that his girl friend squirmed with embarrassment.
  他的话太不合适宜，窘得他的女友坐立不安。
• Three years ago, when government health officials suggested that major pharmaceutical companies work together to find cures to diseases rather than compete, the drugmakers squirmed.
  三年前，美国卫生部门官员曾建议大型制药公司共同开发治疗药物而不是相互竞争，当时这些公司的反应很矛盾。
• He squirmed around and looked out through the opening between the shells.
  他也动来动去，从上下壳间的开口向外望。
• I squirmed and wiggled in my chair.
  我在我的椅子里蠕动并且摆动。
• He squirmed over the wet moss, saturating his clothes and chilling his body; but he was not aware of it, so great was his fever for food.
  他在潮湿的苔藓上爬着，衣服湿透了，身子冻得发抖，可是他感觉不到这些，他对食物的渴望是如此的强烈。
• Molly licked her face and squirmed with delight.
  莫利舔着她的脸，欣喜得扭动身子。