汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 蜷缩
蜷缩 (蜷縮)
to curl up / to huddle / to cower / cringing
蜷曲紧缩。
quán () suō
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

这些人质蜷缩在其座位上。

The hostages cowered in their seats.

蜷缩在地上,象只摇尾乞怜的狗。

She crouched low like a fawning dog.

他长长的双腿蜷缩在有限的空间里。

His long legs bent up in the confined space.

她将可以伸开蜷缩的四肢,休息几个小时。

She would be able to stretch out her cramped limbs and rest for a few hours.

店面往往不大,有七十平米的样子,蜷缩在街区一角。

Often it's small, maybe an 800-square-foot storefront jammed into a city street.

纳米比轮蛛、穿山甲和蹼趾火蜥蜴也可以停下来蜷缩成团滚动。

Namib wheeling spiders, pangolins and web-toed salamanders also make use of stop, drop, and roll. Now that's ninja.

主动的顺从地位低微极其明显的接触行为。例如:蹲伏,舔嘴和蜷缩尾巴。

Active submission is a contact activity in which signs of inferiority are evident such as crouching, muzzle licking and tail tucking.

我又一次看到自己在寒气逼人、冷冷清清的单室公寓里蜷缩在打字机旁的情景。

I could picture myself once again huddled over the typewriter in that cold, bleak, one-room apartment.

某些求职者会蜷缩身体,茫然地瞟着房间四周,戒是扭劢出汗的手掊。

Certain candidates hunch over, glance furtively around the room or wring their sweaty palms.

我也收到过猫咪用鼻子蹭着音箱、甚至围着它整个儿蜷缩起来的视频。

But I've been sent videos where cats nuzzle up to the speaker or even curl completely round it.