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Describing a line or shape that is not straight but has lots of small curves in it — the kind of line a child draws for a snake or for water. It is the visual meaning you will meet most: 'a wiggly line', 'wiggly hair', 'wiggly noodles'.
Describing a line or shape that is not straight but has lots of small curves in it用來形容一條線或一個形狀不是直的,而是帶著很多小小的彎曲—— the kind of line a child draws for a snake or for water就是小孩子畫蛇或畫水的時候會畫出來的那種線。 It is the visual meaning you will meet most這是你最常遇到的視覺上的意思: 'a wiggly line', 'wiggly hair', 'wiggly noodles'『a wiggly line(一條彎彎曲曲的線)』、『wiggly hair(捲捲的頭髮)』、『wiggly noodles(彎彎的麵條)』。
It also describes a thing or creature that will not keep still: 'a wiggly baby', 'wiggly worms'. The word feels light and , so it is at home in classrooms, picture books and family talk, and out of place in a technical report, where you would write 'wavy', 'irregular' or 'undulating' instead.
It also describes a thing or creature that will not keep still它也可以形容一個東西或一隻生物靜不下來: 'a wiggly baby', 'wiggly worms'『a wiggly baby(一個扭來扭去的寶寶)』、『wiggly worms(扭來扭去的蟲)』。 The word feels light and childlike這個字給人的感覺很輕鬆、很童趣, so it is at home in classrooms, picture books and family talk所以它適合出現在教室、繪本和家人聊天裡, and out of place in a technical report但放在技術報告裡就顯得不搭, where you would write 'wavy', 'irregular' or 'undulating' instead那種場合你會改寫成『wavy(波浪狀的)』、『irregular(不規則的)』或『undulating(起伏的)』。
Note the small spelling change: wiggle loses its final -e before -y, so it is wiggly, not 'wiggley'. English has a family of these playful -y words built the same way — , jiggly, wobbly, — and they all carry that same not-quite-serious feeling.
Note the small spelling change注意一個小小的拼字變化: wiggle loses its final -e before -ywiggle在加-y之前會把字尾的-e去掉, so it is wiggly, not 'wiggley'所以是wiggly,不是『wiggley』。 English has a family of these playful -y words built the same way英文有一整組用同樣方式造出來的、帶點玩鬧感的-y結尾的字—— squiggly, jiggly, wobbly, gigglysquiggly(彎彎曲曲的)、jiggly(晃來晃去的)、wobbly(搖搖晃晃的)、giggly(愛咯咯笑的)—— and they all carry that same not-quite-serious feeling它們都帶著那種不太正經的感覺。
組成wiggle + -y. The -y ending makes an adjective meaning 'having that quality' or 'full of that'. The silent -e of wiggle drops out before it.
原始詞典資料2 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。
wigglyadj/ˈwɪɡl̩i/
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Constantly moving, especially with small, undirected movements.
- It is not easy to get a diaper onto a wiggly little baby.
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Of a line: made up of many curves.
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。