1MOVE/CHANGE POSITIONto twist your body from side to side because you are uncomfortable or nervous, or to get free from something which is holding you 扭动;蠕动;扭来扭去〔因不舒服、紧张或想挣脱某物〕SYN wriggle
squirm• Pornography is a subject that makes most Americans squirm.• Whenever I think back to what I said at the party it makes me want to squirm.• Instead of squirming about helplessly as intended, she gently caressed the strange hand with her own.• The cat was squirming and he put it down.• In the old-styleoffice, the bossyelled, the employeessquirmed, and maybe the work got done.• He squirmed as she came down the aisle.• The babysquirmed in her arms.• The little boysquirmed in his seat, anxious to get up and leave the table.• It was clear that whatever demons he'd tried to exorcise were still present and squirminginside his head.• McAllister and his team-mates were made to squirm their way through a special screening of their 4-1 Saturdaymauling by Middlesbrough.• I can still remember how I used to squirm uneasily under his touch.• Diane squirmed wildly as Gavin tickled her.• When I tried to pick him up he squirmed wildly, jerked away and threw himself to the ground again.• The little boy squirmed with embarrassment when his mother told him off in front of his friends.• Laura's face reddened and she squirmed with embarrassment.
ADVERB | VERB + SQUIRM | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤uncomfortably局促不安▸➤silently不作聲地局促不安▸➤visibly明顯地局促不安VERB + SQUIRM➤make sb使某人輾轉不安◇The very mention of her singing made her squirm uncomfortably.一提起她唱歌的事就讓她局促不安。PREPOSITION➤at因⋯而局促不安◇He squirmed visibly at the thought of his secret being revealed.一想到他的秘密被揭穿,他明顯地開始局促起來。➤away from局促地躲開⋯◇She squirmed away from his hands.她局促不安地掙脫開他的雙手。➤in, with由於⋯而局促不安◇He squirmed with embarrassment.他因尷尬而坐立不安。➤out of局促不安地擺脫⋯◇I started to squirm out of his grasp.我開始感到不安,想掙脫開他的手。PHRASES➤squirm in your seat在座位上動來動去◇I squirmed in my seat, not knowing what to do.我坐在那兒扭來扭去,不知道該做點兒什麼。