wriggle

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n. 蠕动, 蜿蜒 vi. 蠕动, 蜿蜒前进, 摆脱 vt. 使扭动, 扭动着爬

发音

其它 /ˈɹɪɡəl/

词形变化

wriggles 复数 wriggles wriggled wriggles 三单 wriggling wriggling 现在分词 wriggled 过去式 wriggled 过去分词

别名

riggle

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A wriggling movement.

v.
  1. 1.

    To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm.

    蠢动

    蠕动

    不及物

    Teachers often lose their patience when children wriggle in their seats.

  2. 2.

    To cause something to wriggle.

    及物

    He was sitting on the lawn, wriggling his toes in the grass.

  3. 3.

    To use crooked or devious means.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

wiggle squirm

上位词 4

move movement motion motility
动词

同义词 5

twist worm wrestle squirm writhe

上位词 1

move

下位词 1

wrench

相关短语

wriggle out of wriggle room get a wriggle on gets a wriggle on getting a wriggle on got a wriggle on gotten a wriggle on

词源

From wrig + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare Dutch wriggelen (“to wriggle, squirm”), Low German wriggeln (“to wriggle”). Related to Old English wrigian (“to turn, wend, hie, go move”), from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną (“to wriggle”).

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