squirm
[skwə:m]
v.(因不舒适、羞愧或紧张而)蠕动
例句与用法:
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么差劲,心里真不是滋味儿。
He was squirming (around) on the floor in agony.
他躺在地上痛苦地扭动。
词形变化:
形容词: squirmy | 名词: squirmer | 动词过去式: squirmed | 动词过去分词: squirmed | 动词现在分词: squirming | 动词第三人称单数: squirms |
vi.
1. 蠕动, 扭动
2. 局促不安
He squirmed with embarrassment.
他因窘迫而坐立不安。
n.
蠕动; 扭曲[C]
squirm
过去式:squirmed
过去分词:squirmed
现在进行时:squirming
名词复数:squirms
词形变化:
形容词: squirmy | 名词: squirmer | 动词过去式: squirmed | 动词过去分词: squirmed | 动词现在分词: squirming | 动词第三人称单数: squirms |
词义辨析:
同义:
vi.扭曲; 蠕动
wriggle
twist
writhe
wiggle
同义参见:
contort
fidget
squirm[skwə:m]vi.1.■扭动;蠕动:She squirmed out of his arms.她扭动着挣脱了他的拥抱。2.■局促不安:Questioned persistently by the teacher, he squirmed .在老师不断地盘问下,他有些局促不安。n.1.■扭动,蠕动2.■局促不安的状态
squirmsquirm[skwə:m]vi.1.■蠕动; 蠢动2.■折腾; 展转反侧地不安
词性变化squirm[skwə:m]n.1.■蠕动; 折腾2.■[罕]【航海】绳索的扭曲
继承用法squirmyadj.
verb
- [no obj.]wriggle or twist the body from side to side, especially as a result of nervousness or discomfort
(尤指由于紧张或不舒服而身体)摆动,扭动
all my efforts to squirm out of his grasp were useless.
我想挣脱他控制的所有努力都是徒劳的。
■show or feel embarrassment or shame
表露出困窘(或羞愧);感到困窘(或羞愧)
- [in sing.]a wriggling movement
蠕动;扭动
squirmer
noun
squirmy
adjective
语源
- late 17th cent.: symbolic of writhing movement; probably associated with worm
squirm
名词 squirm:
the act of wiggling
动词 squirm:
to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
squirm
■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。
■The Lakers made their coach squirm in his seat during an uncomfortable first half, but then stunningly rallied in the third quarter and throttled the Denver Nuggets in a 127-99 victory at Staples Center.
上半场的时候,湖人球员们让他是如坐针毡,但在第三节却惊人的爆发,并且最终以127-99在主场击败掘金。
■While a rare interviewer may ask these questions simply to watch you squirm, many wild-card questions serve a purpose.
之所以称这些古怪的问题为“外卡”,是因为看起来它们好像无章可循。
■The question of whetIT or not to bring a gift frequently dos guests squirm.
也许带礼物的疑难题目常使客人不安。
■Reports were rife today that Elisabeth had slipped into court on Tuesday to watch the man who stole her life squirm as he heard her damning testimony.
今天报道伊丽莎白星期二进入法庭看那个偷走她一生的男人对她充满诅咒的证词的反应的谣传特别多。
■They squirm through the mud with the razor sharp wire just inches above them.
他们不得不在泥浆中蠕动前行,而头上数英尺高的地方就是带有刀片的铁丝网。
■It's not so much that they want to see you squirm in your seat as that they want to judge how you might respond to pressure or tension on the job.
他们并不是要让你局促不安,而是要判断你是怎样去对待工作上的压力。
■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么差劲,心里真不是滋味儿。
■It made him squirm to think how he'd mess ed up the interview.
他想到面试时自己表现得那么差劲儿,心里真不是滋味儿.
■2. 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.
■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。
■to turn or twist the body with sinuous writhing motions; squirm
以弯曲盘绕的运动转动或扭动身体;蠕动
■But he was held fast and couldn't squirm free.
但他被紧紧抓牢,如何扭动身体都解脱不得。
■But perhaps the most entertaining feature of the show will be watching the hopefuls squirm and squabble in the boardroom .
但在节目中最有趣的可能还要属观看选手们会议室的羞赧与争论了。
■But when life hands us a few empty hours, we squirm, wriggle, dodge, and feel unaccountably lazy.
但当生活给了我们几小时,我们就局促不安、挣扎、躲避、感到自己无可名状地“懒惰”。
■Do you find it funny to see other people squirm?
你有没有看到别人呲牙咧嘴(痛苦)的样子很好笑?
■Now you promised to help me with my housework-don't try to squirm out of it.
你答应过帮我做家务,别想逃脱。
■My organs move like a squirm of eels
内臟辗转蠕动像滑溜的鰻鱼
■Don't try to squirm out of your responsibility for children.
别想逃脱对孩子的责任。
■Carol: Seeing him squirm is fun. Seeing you suffer is like seeing Merve Griffindon sing.
卡罗尔:瞧迈克挨整挺有意思。你看上去就像个可怜的小动物在挣扎。
■How many young gentlemen there are from the universities and public schools who can turn a Latin verse with a facility which would make the old Romans squirm in their tombs.
即使那些无缘成为大学者、但对古代作家有所了解的人,难道可以说他们已经掌握了英语吗?
■The discovery is making scientists squeal with delight and others squirm over the possibility that the creatures will be threatened by commercial fishermen.
发现做科学家尖叫声以欢欣并且其他人扭动在可能性生物将由商业渔夫威胁。
■but he'd rather burn off my feelers and watch me squirm.
可他却放任那个家伙对我为所欲为!
■The only consolation is that one then 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。
■And hey, if the degree of friendly in your place of business is somewhere between medium and unfriendly, here's a question that will make you squirm.
嘿,如果你的业务场所内友好的程度在中等和不友好之间,有个问题会让你局促不安。
■Whatever else is going wrong for America in the Middle East, the Bush administration shows an unmatched ability to put its case in ways that make its friends squirm and its enemies fume with rage.
在中东,稍有不审,美国的其他方面就将转化成错误,布什政府在处理这件事上表现出了与其实力不相称的能力,就使其盟国感到尴尬,其敌人感到愤怒。
■In practice,due to undulation of energy,pigeons of devices,movement of patient,squirm of organisms,artifacts often appear in the results of usual methods of digital subtraction.
在临床应用中,由于能源能量的波动、设备噪声、病人移动、器官蠕动等,通常的数字减影结果常常出现伪影。
■Keywords large space public buildings;early warning for fire;actively air detectors;auto squirm guns;dual-band flame detectors;linear-beam/picture smoke detectors;
大空间公共建筑;消防早期预警;主动式气体探测器;自动消防水炮;双波段火焰探测器;线型光束图像感烟探测器;
■No matter what the subject might be, a brain-racking effort was made to squirm it into some aspect or other that the moral and religious mind could contemplate with edification.
她们的“独创大作”不管涉及到什么内容,她们都绞尽脑汁,千方百计让人思索以便获得道德或宗教上的启示。
■If you want to make adults squirm like kindergarteners, broach the subject of salary negotiation.
如果你想要成年人像幼儿园小朋友那样拘谨,那就和他协商薪资吧。
■If no one's around, gently squirm on your back to firmer ground.
如果周围没有人,轻轻的仰着蠕动到坚硬的地面上去。
■1.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。
■The pups find effective ways to squirm and make it difficult from the start!
小狗们总是想办法扭来扭去,从一开始就给你制造麻烦!
■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。
■When Nathan the prophet confronted him, David did not try to squirm out of his responsibility.
当先知拿单与他对质时,大卫并没有设法推卸责任。
■While a rare interviewer may ask these questions simply to watch you squirm, many wild-card questions serve a purpose.
很少有面试官问这些问题仅仅是想让你尴尬,但是很多不可预知的问题都是为了特定的目的才问的。
■It's hard to tell which end is which when you squirm around so.
很难讲,你在这周围闲逛,会有什么结局。
■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。
■So I pretended everything was fine and tried not to squirm.
我假装一切如常,并保持不动。
■I wanted to squirm, but I held still.
我想动一动,但是我却一动没动。
■2.To writhe or squirm, as in pain.
我的内心痛苦不安,真不想让人看到。
■He was severely crippled and very short, and when we would walk together, his hand on my arm for balance, people would stare. I would inwardly squirm at the shy and unwanted attention.
我的父亲身材矮小,腿上有严重的残疾。 当我们一起走路时,他总是挽着我的胳膊以保持身体平衡,这时总招来一些异样的目光,令我内心局促不安。
■He was severely crippled and very short,and when we would walk together,his hand on my arm for balance,people would stare. I would inwardly squirm at the shy and unwanted attention.
我的父亲身材矮小,腿上有严重的残疾。当我们一起走路时,他总是挽着我的胳膊以保持身体平衡,这时总招来一些异样的目光,令我内心局促不安。
■To turn or twist the body with sinuous writhing motions; squirm.
扭动,蠕动以弯曲盘绕的运动转动或扭动身体;蠕动
■To writhe or squirm, as in pain.
扭曲因痛苦而扭曲或扭动身体
■To cause to twist or squirm; contort.
扭曲引起扭曲或蠕动;扭曲
■Pick out the dangerman, attach your limpet, watch him squirm in frustration.
找到危险人物,贴上去,看着他艰难的爬行。
■Also, be careful when putting an infant in a new bed or a new sleeping position: A strange situation can cause him to squirm around, which raises the risk of being smothered in bedding.
把婴儿放在新床上或变换睡眠姿势时必须小心陌生环境会使婴儿扭来扭去,从而增加被褥妨碍呼吸的危险。
■The research works in this paper provide an effective method for the column squirm stability analysis of multilayer, multiwave bellows, and the results are helpful to design the bellows.
文中的工作为这类多层多波大型波纹管的柱屈曲稳定性分析提供了一种有效方法,分析结果也对该类波纹管的设计有较重要的参考价值。
■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。