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squirm

/skwurm/US // skwɜrm //UK // (skwɜːm) //

蠕动,蠕变,蠕动的,扭动

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to wriggle or writhe.
    • : to feel or display discomfort or distress, as from reproof, embarrassment, pain, etc.: He squirmed under the judge's questioning.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of squirming; a squirming or wriggling movement.

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Examples

  • I started to squirm in my chair and Jimbo put his hand back on my shoulder to settle me down.

  • Even with several judges on her payroll, Mandelbaum was not able to squirm out of the charges.

  • His relationship with ex-wife Effi Barry is squirm-inducing.

  • The negotiator added that she told him she “liked to watch them squirm around after they had been shot.”

  • Moments like these could cause ticket-buyers to squirm or, perhaps, reflect on their own capacity to overlook and forgive.

  • He was losing hold of himself, and roaring like a bull and flinging out taunts that made 'em squirm.

  • She sat down to compose a letter which should make Mr. Robert Ross, alias wretch, squirm in agony.

  • I was afraid of my life he would clutch at my skirts as he fell or squirm up against me after he was down.

  • Whereupon Andy smoked relishfully and in silence, and from the tail of his eye watched his audience squirm with impatience.

  • He tried to withdraw the key, but now Macklin began to squirm worse than ever, and he had hard work to master the fellow.