wriggles; wriggled; wriggling
wriggles; wriggled; wriggling
Learner's definition of WRIGGLE
[no object]
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: to twist from side to side with small quick movements like a worm扭动；扭来扭去 -
The children wriggled and squirmed in their chairs.孩子们坐在椅子上不舒服，来回扭动。
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She managed to wriggle free of her ropes.她设法挣脱了捆住她的绳子。
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They wriggled out of their wet clothes.他们费力地把湿衣服扒掉。
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I had trouble getting the wriggling fish off my hook.我很难把不断挣扎的鱼从鱼钩上取下来。
2
always followed by an adverb or preposition : to move forward by twisting and turning蠕动，扭动（前行）
wriggle out of
[phrasal verb] wriggle out of (something) informal + often disapproving
: to avoid doing (something that you do not want to do) in some clever or dishonest way（使巧计或耍手段）摆脱，避免 — wriggly
/ˈrɪgli/ adjective wrigglier; wriggliest