squirms
英 [skwɜːmz]
美 [skwɜːrmz]
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的第三人称单数
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 you squirm, 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 you squirm, 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
- Two-year-old Aldi yanks on his mother's hair and squirms in her arms. Tears formed a small pool in the folds of his double chin.
两岁大的阿尔迪猛拽母亲头发，在她怀中扭动，双下巴褶里都是流泪。 - In macro view, thing squirms and turns in realm of the Tao but it could not jump out of the realm of the Tao.
宏观地看，它们都是在道的范围里蠕动、翻滚。但是，终不能跳出如来佛的手掌心。 - But he squirms when asked about anything remotely related to fame or fortune or even his age.
然而，只要问题有一丁点儿涉及到他的名气、财富甚至是年龄，他就会躲躲闪闪。