英语
词源
最早记录见于17世纪末叶,词源不详。可能是拟声词,或与worm (“蠕动”)或swarm有关。
发音
动词
squirm(第三人称单数简单现在时 squirms,现在分词 squirming,一般过去时及过去分词 squirmed)
- 扭动,蠕动
- Template:RQ:Burroughs Land That Time Forgot
- Template:RQ:Woolf Jacob's Room
- 2011年2月5日,Michael Kevin Darling,“Tottenham 2 - 1 Bolton”,出自 BBC[1]:
- The Dutchman then missed a retaken second spot-kick, before the Trotters hit back when Daniel Sturridge's shot squirmed under Heurelho Gomes.
- (请为本引文添加中文翻译)
- (因尴尬或羞耻而)扭动身子
- I recounted the embarrassing story in detail just to watch him squirm.
- 我一五一十地讲了那件尴尬的事,结果他(尴尬得)坐立不安。
- 近义词: fidget
- 2010, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content 1686: Twist in the Wind
- MARIGOLD: Should I tell them I know?
- DORA: Nah, let ’em squirm. Let’s go get some pie.
- 回避 Template:Rfex
衍生词汇
- asquirm
- squiggle
- squirmage
- squirmish
- squirmy
名词
squirm(复数 squirms)
- 扭动,蠕动