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.- 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 gave a feeble shrug and tried to squirm free...
他无力地耸耸肩,扭动身体想要挣脱。 - He squirmed out of the straps of his backpack.
他扭动身体,挣开背包的肩带。
- He had squirmed and wriggled and screeched when his father had washed his face...
- VERB 窘迫不安;难为情
If yousquirm, you are very embarrassed or ashamed.- 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。 - ...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
- Mentioning religion is a sure way to make him squirm.
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 child squirmed with stomachache on bed.
这孩子肚子疼得在床上滚来滚去。 - 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。 - 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。” - I squirmed and wiggled in my chair.
我在我的椅子里蠕动并且摆动。