wiggle

英 ['wɪg(ə)l] 美['wɪɡl]
  • vi. 使……摆动,使……扭动
  • vt. 摆动
  • n. 扭动

词态变化


第三人称单数: wiggles;过去式: wiggled;过去分词: wiggled;现在分词: wiggling;

助记提示


wiggle 音“喂狗”→拿东西喂狗,狗就会摆动尾巴
2. *wegh- "to move" (see weigh) => wiggle, wag.
3. 谐音“尾狗”-----狗尾巴--------狗尾巴不停地摆动。
4. Mr. wigglemunch 摇摆先生.

中文词源


wiggle 摆动,扭动

来自PIE*wegh,移动,运送,词源同way,wag。引申词义摆动,扭动以前进。比较wedge.

英文词源


wiggle
wiggle: see earwig
wiggle (v.)
early 13c., perhaps from Middle Dutch or Middle Flemish wigelen, frequentative of wiegen "to rock," from wiege "cradle," from Proto-Germanic *wig- (cognates: Old High German wiga, German Wiege "cradle," Old Frisian widze), from PIE root *wegh- "to move" (see weigh). Related: Wiggled; wiggling. The noun is attested from 1816.

双语例句


1. Your baby will try to shuffle or wiggle along the floor.
你的小宝宝会拖着脚或一扭一扭地学步。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He has gone wiggle - waggle and cannot be persuaded to categorical.
他犹豫不决,无法劝他持明确的态度.

来自辞典例句

3. Better get a wiggle on or we'll be late.
最好快一点,不然我们要迟到了.

来自辞典例句

4. Electrons can jiggle and wiggle in a more energetic manner.
原子能以更有力的方式旋转与振动.

来自辞典例句

5. She gave a sexy wiggle.
她性感地扭动身体.

来自辞典例句