wriggle
verb🔊/ˈrɪɡl/
🔊/ˈrɪɡl/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they wriggle | 🔊/ˈrɪɡl/ 🔊/ˈrɪɡl/ |
| he / she / it wriggles | 🔊/ˈrɪɡlz/ 🔊/ˈrɪɡlz/ |
| past simple wriggled | 🔊/ˈrɪɡld/ 🔊/ˈrɪɡld/ |
| past participle wriggled | 🔊/ˈrɪɡld/ 🔊/ˈrɪɡld/ |
| -ing form wriggling | 🔊/ˈrɪɡlɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈrɪɡlɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to twist and turn your body or part of it with quick, short movements 扭动身体；扭来扭去 - wriggle (about/around)
The baby was wriggling around on my lap. 婴儿在我大腿上扭来扭去。 🔊🔊 - wriggle something
She wriggled her toes. 她扭动着脚趾。 🔊🔊
Extra ExamplesThe children wriggled uncomfortably in their seats. 孩子们在座位上不自在地扭来扭去。 Can you wriggle your toes? 你会扭动脚趾头吗？ She wriggled like an embarrassed child. 她像一个尴尬的孩子一样蠕动。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- uncomfortably
- free
- about
- …
- out of
- through
- wriggle your way
- wriggle (about/around)
- [intransitive, transitive]
to move somewhere by twisting and turning your body or part of it 蠕动；甩动而行；蜿蜒行进 - (+ adv./prep.)
The fish wriggled out of my fingers. 那条鱼从我指缝中一甩身溜走了。 🔊🔊 - + adj.
She managed to wriggle free. 她设法扭动着挣脱了。 🔊🔊 - wriggle your way/yourself + adv./prep.
They wriggled their way through the tunnel. 他们在地道中蜿蜒行进。 🔊🔊 He wriggled himself into a comfortable position. 他把自己扭到一个舒适的位置。
Extra ExamplesShe wriggled her way under the heavy eiderdown. 她扭动着身子钻到了厚鸭绒被下面。 She wriggled out of his grip. 她扭动着挣脱了他的控制。 The dog wriggled free of his grasp and ran off. 狗扭动着从他手中挣脱，跑掉了。 The dog managed to wriggle free from his grasp. 那只狗设法摆脱了他的控制。 The fish wriggled out of my grasp. 那条鱼扭动着从我握着的手中滑落下来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- uncomfortably
- free
- about
- …
- out of
- through
- wriggle your way
More Like This Silent lettersSilent letters - (+ adv./prep.)
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Middle Low German wriggelen, frequentative of wriggen ‘twist, turn’.