单词 | squirming |
释义 | > as lemmassquirming squirming n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > [noun] > action of suffering sufferingc1340 tholinga1400 sufferance1426 pain taking1528 sustaining1594 underbearing1597 perpessiona1603 undergoing1612 enduring1659 squirming1804 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [adjective] > wriggling wraggling?a1513 wriggling1567 friggling1621 wrinkling1653 squirming1860 wrigglesome1891 1804 Balance 25 Dec. 410 Some of the late victorious party have discovered squirmings of resentment. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table v. 129 A terrible squirming and scattering of the..population. 1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun I. xv. 177 What a spirit is conveyed into the ugliness of this strong, writhing, squirming dragon, under the Archangel's foot! 1865 Cornhill Mag. July 46 When a great nation..is stirred and shaken..we all know what squirming, slimy things run forth helter-skelter. 1885 Harper's Mag. Jan. 223/2 A squirming alligator some three feet long. 1887 Spectator 15 Oct. 1378 The British will, after many delays and much squirming, ultimately pay the money. < as lemmas |
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