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squirms
扭动；蠕动
squirms is the plural of squirm.
核心释义
A twisting, snakelike movement of the body.
- 1.
身体的扭动,像蛇一样的动作。
A twisting, snakelike movement of the body.
身体的扭动,像蛇一样的动作。；蠕动
用法In use
The baby's squirm was a sign that she wanted to be put down.
用法提示：squirm 是名词，指身体扭动的动作，此处作主语。
With a quick squirm, the fish slipped out of my hands.
用法提示：squirm 是名词，这里和 a 连用，表示一次快速的扭动。
The children gave excited squirms when the clown arrived.
用法提示：squirms 是名词复数形式，指多个人扭动的动作。
a squirm
可数名词，用不定冠词表示一次具体的扭动。
The child gave a squirm when the cold water touched him.
冷水碰到他时，孩子扭动了一下。
with a squirm
介词短语作方式状语，表示伴随扭动的动作。
She pulled her hand away with a squirm.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- 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
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
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。
语境与语域Context & Register
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。
语法说明Grammar Note
作为名词，squirm 可数，常用单数形式。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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