单词 | wriggle |
释义 | wriggle v. & n. --v   1. intr. (of a worm etc.) twist or turn its body with short writhing movements.   2. intr. (of a person or animal) make wriggling motions.   3. tr. & intr. (foll. by along etc.) move or go in this way (wriggled into the corner; wriggled his hand into the hole).   4. tr. make (one's way) by wriggling.   5. intr. practise evasion. --n an act of wriggling. Phrases and idioms wriggle out of colloq. avoid on a contrived pretext. Derivatives wriggler n. wriggly adj. Etymology: ME f. MLG wriggelen frequent. of wriggen |
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