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

• 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。
• They were looking down into a lowered place, where something white was lying, squirming a little, in a box lined with black cloth.
  他们在往低处看，在一个围着黑布的箱子里，好像有什么白色的东西躺在里面，微微地蠕动，在很短的时间内。
• That may be extreme, but many Americans can't even talk about sex without giggling, squirming or blushing.
  这或许有些极端，但许多美国人在谈到性时仍忍不住发笑、难为情和脸红。
• She glimpsed her mother's sweat-soaked hair and bleeding lower lip, taking notice of her squirming belly and the flies that were fluttering about the room.
  他把地下室里的水抽干她看到了母亲汗湿的头发和流血的下唇，看到了母亲可怕地抽搐着的肚皮和满室飞动的苍蝇。
• Kinematic simulation and dynamics analysis for the squirming mechanism in pipeline with small diameter
  小口径管道内蠕动式移动机构的运动模拟和动力学分析
• 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。
• I would sit squirming in my seat for the entire morning to keep from raising my hand.
  我经常一整个上午都憋在座位上扭来扭去，就是不举手。
• 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妓女隐蔽在阴影里。
• 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。
• 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。