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 lawyer squirmed in his seat and admitted," He sued me for the money. "
  这名律师在座位上扭动，并承认：“他起诉我的钱。”
• He squirmed over the wet moss, saturating his clothes and chilling his body; Instinctively, she dropped to her belly to crawl.
  他在潮湿的苔藓上爬着，弄得衣服湿透，身上发冷；她本能地趴在地上匍匐前进。
• 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。
• 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。
• He squirmed and tried to change the subject.
  他忐忑不安，似乎想要换一个话题。
• 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。
• 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 squirmed and wiggled in my chair.
  我在我的椅子里蠕动并且摆动。
• 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。
• 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。