单词 | squirm |
释义 | squirm I. intransitive verb 1. < sleek-haired subalterns who squirmed painfully in their chairs when they came to call — Rudyard Kipling > 2. a. b. < his reputation for honesty precluded any attempt to squirm out of an obligation — D.G.Hoffman > 3. < preparing … a grueling cross-examination … in which he is going to make me squirm in front of the grand jury — Erle Stanley Gardner > transitive verb 1. 2. < squirmed my way through the crowd — E.M.Benson > Synonyms: see writhe II. |
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