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单词 wriggle
释义 wrig·gle
I. \ˈrigəl\ verb
(wriggled ; wriggled ; wriggling \-g(ə)liŋ\ ; wriggles)
Etymology: Middle English wrigglen, from or akin to Middle Low German wriggeln to wriggle; akin to Dutch wriggelen to jerk, squirm, Norwegian dialect rigla to totter, Old English wrigian to turn, go — more at wry
intransitive verb
1. : to move the body or a bodily part to and fro with short writhing motions like a worm : squirm, writhe
 < wriggled uncomfortably in his chair — Israel Zangwill >
2. : to move or advance with short quick contortions or by twisting and turning : go sinuously : meander
 < wriggled up the narrow gap between the cliff and the ice — Sydney (Australia) Bulletin >
 < the narrowest apertures were wide enough for him to wriggle through — R.M.Lovett >
 < an alluvial river wriggling downhill — A.W.Baum >
3. : to extricate or insinuate oneself or reach a goal by subtle maneuvering, equivocation, or ingratiation
 < careful to wriggle out of final opinions stated in quotable form — John Mason Brown >
 < attempts to wriggle free from the moral obligation — John Burke >
transitive verb
1. : to cause to move in short quick contortions : bring or set in motion by twisting or turning
 < dancing girls … wriggled their hips in sensuous contortions — Harrison Forman >
2. : to introduce, insinuate, or bring into a state or place by or as if by wriggling
 < wriggled her little person out over their backs — F. Tennyson Jesse >
 < languages can wriggle themselves … into another compartment in a fairly short span — A.L.Kroeber >
3. : to proceed upon (one's way) by wriggling
 < using every handhold on the rock in front I wriggled … my way up — John Hunt & Edmund Hillary >
II. noun
(-s)
1. : the action of wriggling : a short or quick writhing motion or contortion : a flection of the body
2. : a formation or marking of sinuous design : something having a sinuous course or appearance caused or as if caused by wriggling
 < the wavy ledges that once served as handles … degenerated to mere decorative wriggles — V.G.Childe >
 < a wriggle of barbed wire … marks the line of schism — A.J.Liebling >
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