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单词 waggle
释义
wagglewag‧gle /ˈwæɡəl/ verb [intransitive, transitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINwaggle
Origin:
1500-1600 wag
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
waggle
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theywaggle
he, she, itwaggles
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theywaggled
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave waggled
he, she, ithas waggled
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad waggled
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill waggle
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have waggled
Continuous Form
PresentIam waggling
he, she, itis waggling
you, we, theyare waggling
PastI, he, she, itwas waggling
you, we, theywere waggling
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been waggling
he, she, ithas been waggling
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been waggling
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be waggling
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been waggling
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • I've always wanted to be able to waggle my ears.
  • The children were told to lie on their backs and waggle their legs in the air.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • He looked hopefully at Zen who waggled his finger and walked off up the street.
  • Mary waggled an almost empty glass at them.
  • My feet hurt, and the side window waggled back and forth each time I kicked it, but nothing else happened.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto shake a part of your body
· Brad got up and shook his legs to get all the grass off.· She shook her long blonde hair.shake your head (=move your head from side to side as a way of saying 'no') · Mom shook her head. "You can't go out again at this time of night."shake your fist (at somebody) (=shake your closed hand in front of someone as a way of showing that you are angry) · "Women drivers!" the truck driver yelled, shaking his fist at me.
to move your toes, fingers, bottom etc with a series of small movements: · Karen sat in front of the fire and wiggled her toes.· Marilyn Monroe was able to wiggle her hips in a way that drove men wild.
British to move part of your body, especially your bottom, legs, or toes, from side to side or up and down, with fairly large movements: · The children were told to lie on their backs and waggle their legs in the air.· I've always wanted to be able to waggle my ears.
if a dog wags its tail, it moves its tail from side to side; if a person wags their finger or head, they shake it repeatedly, especially in order to show that they do not like something that someone has done: · A dog wags its tail in order to show friendliness and pleasure.· "You shouldn't have done that!'' Mum said, wagging her finger at me.
to move something up and down or from side to side using short quick movements SYN  wiggle:  Can you waggle your ears?waggle noun [singular]
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