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wriggle

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蠕动,蜿蜒蠕动,蜿蜒前进,摆脱,混入使扭动,挣

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wriggle \Wrig"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wriggled}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Wriggling}.] [Freq. of wrig, probably from OE. wrikken to
   move to and fro; cf. LG. wriggeln, D. wrikken, Sw. vricka,
   Dan. vrikke.]
   To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions,
   like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.

         Both he and successors would often wriggle in their
         seats, as long as the cushion lasted.    --Swift.

Wriggle \Wrig"gle\, v. t.
   To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting
   and squirming; like a worm.

         Covetousness will wriggle itself out at a small hole.
                                                  --Fuller.

         Wriggling his body to recover His seat, and cast his
         right leg over.                          --Hudibras.

Wriggle \Wrig"gle\, a.
   Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible. [Obs.] ``Their wriggle
   tails.'' --Spenser.

Wriggle \Wrig"gle\, n.
   Act of wriggling; a short or quick writhing motion or
   contortion.

资料来源 : WordNet®

wriggle
     v : to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when
         struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The
         child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"
         [syn: {writhe}, {wrestle}, {worm}, {squirm}, {twist}]

wriggle
     n : the act of wiggling [syn: {wiggle}, {squirm}]
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