Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense squirms, present participle squirming, past tense, past participle squirmed
1VERB (通常指因紧张不安或不适而)扭动,动来动去 If you squirm, you move your body from side to side, usually because you are nervous or uncomfortable. (通常指因紧张不安或不适而)扭动,动来动去
He had squirmed and wriggled and screeched when his father had washed his face. [VERB]
父亲给他洗脸时,他扭来扭去,尖声喊叫。
He gave a feeble shrug and tried to squirm free. [VERB adj.ive]
他无力地耸耸肩,扭动身体想要挣脱。
He squirmed out of the straps of his backpack. [VERB adv./prep.]