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

• Every child squirming through the crowd became her brother Tyrion, jeering at her as he had jeered when Joffrey died.
  每个在人群中钻来钻去的小孩都成了她弟弟提利昂，就像乔佛里死时一样嘲讽地看着她。
• Accidents like these have humanised kong, as his infatuation for the squirming blonde was meant to do.
  这些意外让金刚更拟人化，就像他对尖叫的金发美女的迷恋也是。
• In the corner of the room, a man sat in a pool of shadow, with a whore squirming on his lap.
  在房间角落，有个男人抱着膝上的妓女隐蔽在阴影里。
• 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。
• He was squirming on the floor in agony.
  他躺在地上痛苦地扭动着。
• Shape memory alloy robot of electric discharge machining curved hole is developed using bionics and shape memory alloy function material. The squirming principle of actuating device and the guide mechanism of bend guide of the SMA robot are discussed.
  用仿生技术和形状记忆合金功能材料，研制出曲线孔电火花加工形状记忆合金机器人，并对该机器人驱动部分的蠕动原理及弯曲导向部分的导向机理进行了论述。
• Both simulation and experimental results indicate that this scheme can overcome the shortages of traditional PID controllers, improve the system static and dynamic performance, and is an ideal control method for pneumatic miniature squirming robots.
  软件仿真和实验结果都证实该方法弥补了传统PID控制方法的不足，显著改善了系统的静动态特性，是一种理想的气动微型蠕动机器人控制方法。
• 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。
• 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。