squirming

英 [ˈskwɜːmɪŋ]

美 [ˈskwɜːrmɪŋ]

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的现在分词

现在分词：squirming　

BNC.38443 / COCA.33261

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 children got bored and started squirming in their chairs.
  孩子们感到厌烦了，开始在椅子上扭动起来。
• Obi-Wan set the squirming infant down on the counter and began the process of undressing him with Luke giggling and cooing all the while.
  奥比万把蠕动的婴儿放在台板上，开始给卢克脱衣服，在此期间，卢克一直唧咕个没完。
• Yet, just as death came within inches of her, the dragon suddenly pulled back his claws and began squirming in midair.
  然而，正当死亡离她只有几寸之遥的时候，龙突然收回了他的爪子，并且在空中蠕动着。
• The rat squealed as he bit into it, squirming wildly in his hands.
  当他一口咬下去时，老鼠在他手上尖叫蠕动。
• Every child squirming through the crowd became her brother Tyrion, jeering at her as he had jeered when Joffrey died.
  每个在人群中钻来钻去的小孩都成了她弟弟提利昂，就像乔佛里死时一样嘲讽地看着她。
• Research of a New Type Pneumatic Squirming Robot
  一种新型气动蠕动机器人的机理研究
• In the corner of the room, a man sat in a pool of shadow, with a whore squirming on his lap.
  在房间角落，有个男人抱着膝上的***隐蔽在阴影里。
• A rush to the car hoping to avoid another breakout, the squirming child is strapped to the back seat and glances across his mirrored reflection who looks a lot like me.
  父母拉著疯孩匆匆上车，希望避开另一桩灾祸，蠕动的孩子被安全带绑在后座，看着镜子想：怎么那么像我。
• "Northern Qi Shu" recorded in a high-Huan and squirming on the historical facts of the princess to marry, but did not record high-Cham and small son squirming things married Princess Margaret.
  《北齐书》中记载了高欢与蠕蠕公主结婚的史实，但未记载儿子高湛与小蠕蠕公主结亲之事。
• The guest will be squirming but must try to look engaged and casual.
  客人将会感到局促不安，但必须做到看上去全心投入、自然放松。