Wriggle
['rɪg(ə)l] or ['rɪɡl]
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.
(v. t.) To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting and squirming; like a worm.
(a.) Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible.
杰里米整理
同義詞及近義詞:
v. n. Squirm, writhe.
整理:露丝
解釋/意思:
v.i. to twist to and fro: to move sinuously: to use crooked means.—v.t. to cause to wriggle.—n. the motion of wriggling.—ns. Wrigg′ler one who wriggles: one who uses trickery; Wrigg′ling;.
德洛丽丝整理
例句/造句/用法:
- Holmes was outwardly calm, but his whole body gave a wriggle of suppressed excitement as he spoke. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- You've said it, a satellite, you're not going to wriggle out of it. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- With the subsidence of Esmeralda the lioness renewed her efforts to wriggle her huge bulk through the weakening lattice. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Holmes chuckled and wriggled in his chair, as was his habit when in high spirits. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- So little Tarzan wriggled out from beneath the struggling mass, clutching his grisly prize close to his breast. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- And pray, continued Hodson, where's the perpetual motion you were wriggling after so long? 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
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