squirm
英語[編輯]
詞源[編輯]
最早記錄見於17世紀末葉,詞源不詳。可能是擬聲詞,或與worm (「蠕動」)或swarm有關。
發音[編輯]
動詞[編輯]
squirm (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 squirms,現在分詞 squirming,一般過去時及過去分詞 squirmed)
- 扭動,蠕動
- Template:RQ:Burroughs Land That Time Forgot
- Template:RQ:Woolf Jacob's Room
- 2011 2月 5, 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.
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- (因尷尬或羞恥而)扭動身子
- I recounted the embarrassing story in detail just to watch him squirm.
- 我一五一十地講了那件尷尬的事,結果他(尷尬得)坐立不安。
- 近義詞: 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.
- 迴避 Template:Rfex
衍生詞彙[編輯]
名詞[編輯]
squirm (複數 squirms)