Wriggle

(v. i.) To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.

(v. t.) To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting and squirming; like a worm.

(a.) Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible.

杰里米整理

• Holmes was outwardly calm, but his whole body gave a wriggle of suppressed excitement as he spoke. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• You've said it, a satellite, you're not going to wriggle out of it. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• With the subsidence of Esmeralda the lioness renewed her efforts to wriggle her huge bulk through the weakening lattice. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Holmes chuckled and wriggled in his chair, as was his habit when in high spirits. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• So little Tarzan wriggled out from beneath the struggling mass, clutching his grisly prize close to his breast. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• And pray, continued Hodson, where's the perpetual motion you were wriggling after so long? 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.

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