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To shimmy is to move forwards or backwards while also flicking quickly from side to side.
To shimmy這個動詞shimmy is指的是 to move forwards or backwards一邊前進或後退 while also flicking quickly from side to side同時快速地左右擺動。
A dancer may shimmy their shoulders. You can shimmy up a pole by hugging it and wriggling higher.
A dancer may shimmy their shoulders舞者可能會shimmy自己的肩膀（快速左右抖動）。You can shimmy up a pole你可以shimmy著爬上一根柱子 by hugging it and wriggling higher靠抱住它、一邊扭一邊往上爬。
A car that shimmies shakes left and right as it goes, which usually means something is wrong with the wheels or the steering. Informal.
A car that shimmies會shimmy的車 shakes left and right as it goes行進時會左右搖晃, which usually means something is wrong with the wheels or the steering通常表示輪胎或轉向系統出了問題。Informal口語用法。
The word started as a mix-up with chemise, a loose shirt or women’s : speakers treated chemise as if it were a plural and cut back shimmy for the single item. From the garment it jumped to a lively 1920s dance, and from the dance to this side-to-side move. So though actually the oldest English sense is a kind of , the meaning you will meet most in everyday talk now is the wriggle.
The word這個字 started as a mix-up with chemise一開始是和chemise（一種寬鬆的襯衫或女性襯裙）搞混而來：speakers treated chemise as if it were a plural大家把chemise當成複數形式看待 and cut back shimmy for the single item於是把單數形式簡化成shimmy。From the garment從這件衣物 it jumped to a lively 1920s dance它跳到了1920年代一種活潑的舞蹈, and from the dance to this side-to-side move再從那支舞變成現在這種左右扭動的動作。So though actually所以其實 the oldest English sense英文裡最古老的意思 is a kind of undershirt是一種襯裙, the meaning you will meet most in everyday talk now但你現在日常會話裡最常遇到的意思 is the wriggle是這種扭動。
It is not just any dance, and not the same as a big shake or a .
It is not just any dance它不只是隨便一種舞, and not the same as a big shake or a shiver也跟大力搖晃或發抖不一樣。
組成從 chemise（一種寬鬆內衣／襯衣）倒推回來的：有人把 chemise 當成複數，於是造了 shimmy 來當「單一件」。後來才用到舞蹈，再用到這種左右扭著移動。
同家族的字
- chemiseshimmy 是把 chemise 誤當成複數之後，倒過來造的詞
原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
shimmynoun/ˈʃɪ.mi/
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A dance move involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately.
- What is certain, however, is that the president-elect’s signature shimmy is currently en vogue with all manner of professional athletes, imitated by at least five National Football League players on Sunday, […].
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A dance that was popular in the 1920s.
- The tango, the Texas Tommy, Walking the Dog, the one step, the fox trot, the shimmy, and all their out-growths, had their origin in the palaces of lust on the Barbary Coast of San Francisco.
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An abnormal vibration, especially in the wheels of a vehicle.
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rareA sleeveless chemise.
shimmyverb/ˈʃɪ.mi/
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dancedancinghobbiesTo perform a shimmy (dance movement involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately).
- She wondered would he think her awful, and try to get fresh if she shimmied. Fellows often did. But he was so cute. And a girl had to something about that, and if she didn't shimmy, she might do something worse.
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To climb something (e.g. a pole) gradually (e.g. using alternately one's arms then one's legs).
- He shimmied up the flagpole.
- The static made her dress shimmy up her leg.
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To vibrate abnormally, as a broken wheel.
- They came in among earth-moving machines, a total absence of trees, the usual hieratic geometry, and eventually, shimmying for the sand roads, down in a helix to a sculptured body of water named Lake Inverarity.
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rareTo shake the body as if dancing the shimmy.
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video-gamesTo move across a narrow ledge, either by hanging from it or by strafing on it along the wall.
- Jump up to the ledge on your right and shimmy around the corner.
- Climb on top of the room and drop down to shimmy along its back ledge.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。