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    To move in small, quick movements from side to side or up and down, or to make something move that way. Your toes wiggle inside your shoes; a puppy wiggles when it is ; you wiggle a loose tooth with your finger; you wiggle a key in a stiff lock to get it to turn.

    To move移動 in small, quick movements以小而快速的動作 from side to side or up and down左右或上下,or或 to make something move that way讓某個東西那樣動。Your toes你的腳趾 wiggle inside your shoes在鞋子裡扭來扭去;a puppy小狗 wiggles扭來扭去 when it is excited興奮的時候;you你 wiggle a loose tooth把鬆動的牙齒搖一搖 with your finger用手指;in a stiff lock在卡住的鎖裡 you你 wiggle a key把鑰匙搖一搖 to get it to turn好讓它轉動。

    The movement is small, repeated, and usually a bit playful — that playfulness is a real part of the word, which is why adults use it a lot with children and pets and less in serious writing. It is also a noun: 'give it a wiggle'.

    The movement這個動作 is small, repeated, and usually a bit playful小、重複、而且通常帶點玩鬧感 — that playfulness這種玩鬧感 is a real part of the word是這個詞真正的一部分,which這也是為什麼 is why adults use it a lot with children and pets大人很常用在小孩和寵物身上 and less in serious writing而比較少用在正式文章裡。It它 is also a noun也可以當名詞: 'give it a wiggle''give it a wiggle'(搖一下)。

    Compare its neighbours: 'wriggle' is a whole body twisting to get through or get free (a worm, a child escaping a hug); 'jiggle' is more up-and-down shaking; 'squirm' is uncomfortable twisting.

    Compare its neighbours比較一下它的近義詞: 'wriggle''wriggle' is a whole body twisting to get through or get free是整個身體扭動好鑽過去或掙脫 (a worm像蟲子, a child escaping a hug或小孩掙脫擁抱);'jiggle''jiggle' is more up-and-down shaking比較是上下晃動;'squirm''squirm' is uncomfortable twisting是不舒服的那種扭動。

    There is one very useful set phrase in business English: 'wiggle room', meaning a little space to change your mind, your price, or your plan.

    There is有 one very useful set phrase in business English一個在商務英文裡很好用的固定用語: 'wiggle room''wiggle room', meaning意思是 a little space有一點空間 to change your mind, your price, or your plan可以改變主意、價格或計畫。

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組成From Middle English wiglen, probably from Middle Dutch wigelen, a frequentative of wiegen 'to rock' (from wiege, 'cradle'). A frequentative form means 'do the small action again and again' — so at its root, wiggle is rocking, over and over, in miniature.

同家族的字

  • wigglywiggle + -y: describing something with little wiggles in it

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

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wiggleverb/ˈwɪɡəl/

  • 1

    To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; to shake or jiggle.

    • Her hips wiggle as she walks.
    • The jelly wiggles on the plate when you move it.
  • 2

    To move with shaking or jiggling.

    • She wiggled out through the small opening in the wall.

wigglenoun/ˈwɪɡəl/

  • 1

    A rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular.

    • She walked with a sexy wiggle.
  • 2

    cookingfoodlifestyleA dish that combines seafood and peas in a cream-based sauce.

    • shrimp wiggle
  • 3

    An alternating state or characteristic.

  • 4

    See wiggles.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。