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squirming

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

蠕动的,蠕动,蠕动式,蠕动式的

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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

  • Schaeffer remembers his father squirming when Pat Robertson talked about burning a reproduction of a nude by Modigliani.

  • As he spoke he plucked a solitary gold-fish squirming and twisting out of its globe.

  • Netanyahu, despite all his squirming, is no longer the boss.

  • A brief struggle ensues as several officers attempt to subdue a squirming Grant, his hands behind his back.

  • In December, he was compelled to sign onto the Ryan budget plan after months of squirming to avoid it.

  • The door opened, and a light shone through upon the squirming bundle that lay upon the step.

  • He began squirming around the turbine tanks, got past the first brace, and turned to attach it again.

  • Swinging the great loop above his head, he sent it squirming through the air.

  • Instead of using our hands for climbing, most of the time they were occupied with holding our squirming captives.

  • A fat little rascal, with a bobbing fuzzy poll and squirming limbs.