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squirm

/skəːm/

noun

扭动；蠕动

A twisting, snakelike movement of the body.

身体的扭动,像蛇一样的动作。；蠕动

In use

The baby's squirm was a sign that she wanted to be put down.

婴儿的扭动表明她想被放下来。

With a quick squirm, the fish slipped out of my hands.

鱼快速一扭，从我手里滑了出去。

The children gave excited squirms when the clown arrived.

小丑到来时，孩子们兴奋地扭动着身体。

give a squirm: 扭动一下; She gave a squirm when the doctor touched her knee.医生碰到她膝盖时，她扭动了一下。
a nervous squirm: 紧张的扭动; He gave a nervous squirm before answering the question.回答问题时，他紧张地扭动了一下。
suppress a squirm: 忍住不扭动; The child tried to suppress a squirm during the long ceremony.那个孩子在冗长的仪式上尽量忍住不扭动。
a squirm of embarrassment: 因尴尬而扭动; She gave a little squirm of embarrassment when she spilled the drink.她把饮料洒了，尴尬地扭动了一下。
with a squirm: 扭动了一下; He pulled his hand back with a squirm.他扭动了一下，把手缩了回来。

squirm 以 squ 开头联想 snake（蛇），m 像身体弯曲，记住‘蛇样扭动’的名词含义。

语域：neutral 常见场景：日常描述、书面叙述作为名词时，多用于描述身体像蛇一样扭动的动作，通常出现在日常对话或一般书面叙述中，语气比较中性。

作为名词，squirm 可数，常用单数形式。

以上单词的末尾均读作 /əːm/，与 squirm /skəːm/ 押韵。注意拼写相似的 squire /skwaɪə/、squid /skwɪd/、squint /skwɪnt/ 等词读音并不相同，不要混淆。

Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。

页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。

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