wriggle

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wrig·gle1 /ˈrɪɡəl/ verb

1 [intransitiveI]MOVE/CHANGE POSITION to twist your body from side to side with small quick movements 扭动；蠕动

Stop wriggling and let me put your T-shirt on.

别扭来扭去的，让我把T恤给你穿上。

wriggle under/through/into

He wriggled through the window.

他扭动身子钻出窗户。

The dog wriggled free and ran off.

那条狗挣脱开跑了。

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2 [transitiveT]MOVE/CHANGE POSITION to move a part of your body backwards and forwards with small movements 扭动〔身体某一部位〕

She took off her shoes and wriggled her toes.

她脱掉鞋子，扭动脚趾。

3 wriggle out of something phrasal verbphr v

a) AVOIDto avoid doing something by using clever excuses 用计逃脱〔某事〕 SYN get out of something

Don’t try to wriggle out of your responsibilities.

别想逃避责任。

b) to take off a tight piece of clothing by twisting your body from side to side 扭动身体脱掉〔紧身的衣服〕

She wriggled out of her dress.

她扭动身体脱掉了连衣裙。

Examples from the Corpus

wriggle out of • I know what that means-even when he promises, he always wriggles out of paying his share of anything.• He can not pay the tax, and does everything he can to wriggle out of their demand.

—wriggly adjectiveadj

a wriggly worm

蠕动的虫子

Examples from the Corpus

wriggle• They lived inside a person's body and wriggled about until their presence drove him to distraction.• To his relief she wriggled across the seat, leaving room for him to get in beside her.• Wetly gleaming, it wriggled and flapped over the embankment to the shore road.• He wriggled around in her arms, then turned and butted his head against her shoulder, lightly but repeatedly.• Shelly tried to wriggle free from him, but he held her firmly.• Then, as though at some pre-arranged signal, both crabs wriggle free from their homes and exchange shells.• I managed to wriggle free of him and then to push him aside.• She whimpered and wriggled further into the chesterfield's cushiony depths.• He wriggled his fingers in his pockets.• The two halves twitched and wriggled in the dirt.• The dog wriggled under the fence and escaped into the street.

wriggle under/through/into• In the Store there was always something to get behind or under or wriggle through ...• It wasn't a large one, but she was slim; she might be able to wriggle through.• Infuriated, she wriggled under his barricading arms, whirled around and pushed violently at his chest with all her might.• The drumming of hoofs was loud in their ears as Molly wriggled through on her stomach.• The smoke reached Amanda and made her sneeze; she wriggled under the blankets and Cormack looked down at her shoulder.• Once inside she wriggled into the corner of the seat to make room for him, and prepared to enjoy the novelty.• He wriggled into the impulse-suit, ducked his head into the helmet.• I wriggled into them, hoping something would rub off.

wriggle2 noun [countableC]

1. MOVE/CHANGE POSITIONa movement in which you twist your body from side to side 扭动；蠕动

n2. get a wriggle on British EnglishBrE informal used to tell someone to hurry SYN get a move on

Examples from the Corpus

wriggle• She would die rather than roll her eyes and wriggle and blush.• Really, it was one continuous wriggle.• Desperate attempts to find wriggle room to justify or excuse bad decisions are a waste of time and creative energy.• If the line wriggles or curves then the movement is towards the tighter curves.• I watched her shuffle, wriggle and avert her eyes while we made stilted conversation about our lives.

Origin wriggle

(1300-1400) Probably from Middle Low German wriggeln

wrig·gle1 verbwriggle2 noun

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