squirm英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A twisting, snakelike movement of the body.

动词 v.

To twist one's body with snakelike motions. intransitive

— The prisoner managed to squirm out of the straitjacket.
To twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment. intransitive

— I recounted the embarrassing story in detail just to watch him squirm.
To evade a question, an interviewer etc.

词形变化

squirms present,singular,third-person squirming participle,present squirmed participle,past squirmed past squirms plural

词汇关系

衍生词

asquirm squiggle squirmage squirmer squirmingly squirmish squirmworthy squirmy

词源

词源 1

First recorded 1690's, originally used of eels; cognate with Scots squimmer (“to wriggle, squirm”). Of uncertain origin. Compare dialectal quirm, whirm (“to disappear quickly, vanish suddenly and mysteriously”), Norwegian kverva (“to turn around, take away, remove, shrink”), from Old Norse hverfa (“to turn, vanish”). Alternatively, perhaps imitative or related to worm (in the sense of writhing movement) or swarm.

词源 2

First recorded 1690's, originally used of eels; cognate with Scots squimmer (“to wriggle, squirm”). Of uncertain origin. Compare dialectal quirm, whirm (“to disappear quickly, vanish suddenly and mysteriously”), Norwegian kverva (“to turn around, take away, remove, shrink”), from Old Norse hverfa (“to turn, vanish”). Alternatively, perhaps imitative or related to worm (in the sense of writhing movement) or swarm.