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 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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。