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

• '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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The children got bored and started squirming in their chairs.
  孩子们感到厌烦了，开始在椅子上扭动起来。
• 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。
• Yet, just as death came within inches of her, the dragon suddenly pulled back his claws and began squirming in midair.
  然而，正当死亡离她只有几寸之遥的时候，龙突然收回了他的爪子，并且在空中蠕动着。
• 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。
• Most of the lizard is squirming in her hand but there's still a grey hood choking its eyes and mouth.
  蜥蜴的大部分身体都在她的手上蠕动，但是它的眼睛和嘴巴里仍有一个灰色，让它窒息的“灰色帽子”。
• 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
• 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。