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

• He whined placatingly, squirmed and wriggled to show his good will and intentions, and even ventured, as a bribe for peace, to lick Buck's face with his warm wet tongue.
  比利息事宁人地呜呜叫着，善意地扭动着身体，甚至冒昧地用暖和湿润的舌头舔了舔巴克的脸，作为求和的贿赂。
• I squirmed around so that I could go down feet first and, keeping my other hand on the stone overhead, I found that the ceiling did not drop as the stairs did but drew away as the stair descended.
  我蠕动着转过身，这样我就能先把脚伸下去，并把我的一只手放在头顶的石头上，我发现天花板没有随着楼梯降低。
• 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。
• I reached into a hollow tree and pulled at his leg until he squirmed out like a breached baby.
  我来到一棵空空的大树下，抓住了他的腿，他像一个胎位不正的婴儿似的蠕动出来。
• It squirmed along the ground like some monstrous worm.
  它就像一条大虫子在地上蠕动着前进。
• The fish squirmed on the ground for a few moments and then lay still.
  鱼在地上扭动了一会，然后便躺着不动了。
• Mary's mother squirmed with anxiety when she was waiting outside the operating room.
  玛丽的母亲在手术室外等候时坐立不安。
• He squirmed out of the straps of his backpack.
  他扭动身体，挣开背包的肩带。
• He squirmed and tried to change the subject.
  他忐忑不安，似乎想要换一个话题。
• He squirmed with embarrassment.
  他因窘迫而坐立不安。