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

• 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。
• 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 paper presents a newly typed pneumatic squirming robot and analyses the driving principle, the dynamic characteristic.
  本文提出了一种新型气动蠕动机器人，分析了它的驱动机理和动态特性。
• The emphasis is application research of position servo control system in squirming robot based on pneumatic columnar elastic shell actuator in this article.
  本文的重点是基于气动橡胶驱动器的蠕动机器人位置伺服控制系统的应用性研究。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• '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。