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wriggle
['rɪg.l] verb
intransitive or transitive
■to twist your body, or move part of your body, with small, quick movements 扭动；蠕动•A large worm wriggled in the freshly dug earth.一条大虫子在新翻过的地里蠕动。 •Baby Martha was wriggling her toes in the sand.婴儿玛莎正在沙子中扭动着脚趾。 intransitive + adverb or preposition
■to move somewhere using short, quick twisting movements 蜿蜒前行；扭动爬行•The tunnel was low and dark, but she managed to wriggle through to the other side.地道又低又暗，但她还是设法爬到了另一端。 •After twisting and turning for a while, he managed to wriggle free.一阵扭动之后，他设法挣脱了出来。
['rɪg.l] verb
wriggle off the hook informal
■If someone wriggles off the hook, they avoid a responsibility or avoid doing something. 逃避责任；逃避做…
['rɪg.l] verb
Phrasal Verbs wriggle out of sth informal
■to avoid doing something that you do not want to do 逃脱，避开•He promised he'd help me decorate, but now he's trying to wriggle out of it.他答应过会帮我装饰，但现在又想躲开。
['rɪg.l] noun countable usually singular
■an act of wriggling 扭动；蠕动•With a wriggle, she managed to crawl through the gap.她身子一扭，设法爬过了缝隙。 |