| 正面 | 10607.squirm 英 [skwɜːm]美 [skwɝm]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. em- "in" + bryein "swell, grow, be full" => embryon + -ic => embryonic.2. Greek embryon "a young one," in Homer, "young animal," later, "fruit of the womb," literally "something that grows inside the body".3. The idea underlying embryo is of "growing inside the body".vi. 蠕动，扭动；羞愧，不舒服n. 蠕动 例句： 1. He gave a feeble shrug and tried to squirm free.他无力地耸耸肩，扭动身体想要挣脱。 squirm 来回扭动，不安，尴尬来自拟声词根 squ-,挤，压，模仿挤压湿物体时发出的吧唧声。引申比喻义来回扭动，不安。 squirm (v.)1690s, originally referring to eels, of unknown origin; sometimes associated with worm or swarm, but perhaps imitative. Figurative sense "to be painfully affected, to writhe inside" is from 1804. Related: Squirmed; squirming. As a noun from 1839." |