squiggle

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A short twisting or wiggling line or mark.
    — Even the cold ashes where a gipsy's fire had been sent little squiggles of fear down Laura's spine, for how could she know that they were not still lurking near with designs upon her own person?
  2. Synonym of tilde. informal
  3. An illegible scrawl.
  4. A burst of laughter. rare
    — […] she dodged out again and rejoined the fleeing band which was retiring down the street to a noisy accompaniment of feigned alarm, squiggles of meaningless laughter, […]
动词 v.
  1. To wriggle or squirm. ambitransitive
    — When I was coming of age in the '60s, I squirmed and squiggled not to be pinned down by that great transfixer "the homosexual" which American psychiatry had made into such a weighty implement.
  2. To make a squiggle. ambitransitive
  3. To write illegibly. ambitransitive

词形变化

squiggles plural squiggles present,singular,third-person squiggling participle,present squiggled participle,past squiggled past

词汇关系

衍生词
squiggler squiggly squirl

词源

词源 1
Probably a blend of squirm + wiggle.
词源 2
Probably a blend of squirm + wiggle.
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