squirm 词态变化
第三人称单数: squirms;过去式: squirmed;过去分词: squirmed;现在分词: squirming;
squirm 中文词源
squirm 来回扭动,不安,尴尬来自拟声词根 squ-,挤,压,模仿挤压湿物体时发出的吧唧声。引申比喻义来回扭动,不安。
squirm 英文词源
- squirm (v.)
- 1690s, originally referring to eels, of unknown origin; sometimes associated with worm or swarm, but perhaps imitative. Figurative sense "to be painfully affected, to writhe inside" is from 1804. Related: Squirmed; squirming. As a noun from 1839.
squirm 英文释义
- 1. the act of wiggling
squirm 双语例句
- 1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Right now , serious programmer - type readers are beginning to squirm in their seats.
- 说到这里, 严肃的程序员立即开始局促不安.
来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
- 4. It made him squirm to think how he'd messed up the interview.
- 他想到面试时自己表现得那麽差劲儿,心里真不是滋味儿.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Each time he recalled this he wanted to squirm in his seat.
- 每当想到这个问题他都辗转不安.
来自辞典例句
squirm 实用场景例句
- The children were squirming restlessly in their seats.
- 孩子们在位子上心神不定地动来动去。
牛津词典
- Someone grabbed him but he managed to squirm free.
- 有人抓住他,但他设法挣脱了。
牛津词典
- It made him squirm to think how badly he'd messed up the interview.
- 一想到他把面试搞得有多糟,他就觉得无地自容。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...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
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- So I pretended everything was fine and tried not to squirm.
- 我假装一切如常,并保持不动.
期刊摘选
- I wanted to squirm, but I held still.
- 我想动一动, 但是我却一动没动.
辞典例句
- Natives will cringe and squirm with embarrassment at such brashness.
- 对于这种轻率鲁莽,当地人会因尴尬而战战兢兢.坐立不安.
期刊摘选
- I would inwardly squirm at the unwanted attention.
- 我的内心痛苦不安,真不想让人看到.
期刊摘选
- The question of whether or not to bring a gift often makes guests squirm.
- 是否带礼物的问题常使客人不安.
期刊摘选
- Don't try to squirm out of your responsibility for children.
- 别想逃脱对孩子的责任.
期刊摘选
- Yet I would never look at the table full of leftovers , let alone squirm over them.
- 尽管是我从那些摆满剩菜的桌子旁边经过,但我从不去看桌子.
期刊摘选
- It made him squirm to think how he'd messed up the interview.
- 他想到面试时自己表现得那麽差劲儿,心里真不是滋味儿.
辞典例句
- The only consolation is marches up to A, gives them a rocket and watches them squirm.
- 唯一可以排解的是,找到甲,把他痛骂一顿, 让他难为情.
期刊摘选
- Yet when it comes to job interviewing, salary questions make most people squirm.
- 但面试时一提到薪水,很多人都会局促不安.
期刊摘选
- The suspicion made him squirm, but a question formed that could not be ignored.
- 怀疑使他局促不安, 但一个问题已经形成,无法忽视了.
期刊摘选
- You'll never squirm out of the charge this time.
- 这次你决逃不了惩罚.
期刊摘选
- Each time he recalled this he wanted to squirm in his seat.
- 每当想到这个问题他都辗转不安.
辞典例句
- Simon, trying to squirm out from underneath the weighty hand, watched them go despairingly.
- Simon想要挣脱Inch的大手, 很无助地看着这些人从他身边走过.
期刊摘选
- Sometimes his candor made the people from State squirm a little.
- 他的坦率态度有时颇使国务院的人有些局促不安.
辞典例句
- 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。
柯林斯例句
- 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。
柯林斯例句