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

• A few minutes later, dinner still squirming on the platter is served.
  几分钟后，菜就上桌了还在盘中动弹。
• Now the female MC is complimenting his smile, he's visibly squirming.
  现在女性的MC正在称赞他的微笑，他正在看得见地蠕动。
• There's one phrase that's especially good: 'the soundless outcry.' Those words truly capture summer's bursting, squirming vitality.
  一结尤其好；‘无声的呐喊’五个字真把夏天蠢动怒发的生机全传达出来了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 'You have to be quick,'he tells his class, a soft-shelled turtle squirming under his palm.'Or else it'll keep hiding.'
  一只甲鱼蜷缩在他的手掌下。他对学生们说，下手要快，不然它就会一直躲着不出来。
• 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。
• 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。