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wriggling

/rig-uhl/US // ˈrɪg əl //UK // (ˈrɪɡəl) //

蠕动的,蠕动,蠕变的,蠕动着

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
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    wrig·gled, wrig·gling.

    • : to twist to and fro; writhe; squirm.
    • : to move along by twisting and turning the body, as a worm or snake.
    • : to make one's way by shifts or expedients: to wriggle out of a difficulty.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    wrig·gled, wrig·gling.

    • : to cause to wriggle: to wriggle one's hips.
    • : to bring, get, make, etc., by wriggling: to wriggle one's way through a narrow opening.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : act of wriggling; a wriggling movement.

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Examples

  • Back then, there was a lot more wriggle room for marketers to make their case.

  • Like Nadler, Cohen—who is also Jewish—substituted “Jewish” for “gay” and watched Riggle wriggle.

  • The Fishermen, like thieves, shake out their silver,/ the lithe knives wriggle on the drying sand.

  • The question is whether Netanyahu believes that he can wriggle his way out of serious peace negotiations once again.

  • To wriggle your way into private sessions with top industry execs?

  • And most of us felt compelled to find a witty repartee while trying to wriggle out of his clutches.

  • He could not wriggle a toe, which made his mental processes difficult, for his toes were first aids to his brain.

  • His mind worked more freely when his toes were unconfined, so that he might wriggle them as he reasoned.

  • Scattergood was thinking, and to think, with him, meant so to unfetter his feet that he could wriggle his toes pleasurably.

  • Another wriggle took him past the back, but it also gave Clowes time to catch him up.

  • With a convulsive wriggle of its tail it darted away in a panic.