英语词汇wriggle-的发音释义、词根词缀、结构分析、同源词、词频及词根记忆法-英语词根词缀词典

wriggle-|rɪg(ə)l|the verb-stem used attrib. in a few combs., in the sense ‘undergoing or characterized by wriggling’, as † wriggle-eye, -tail, etc.; wriggle-work (see quot. 1960); cf. wriggled work.In quots. 1579, 1620, app. from wriggled tail.1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. Feb. 7 They wont in the wind wagge their wrigle tailes, Perke as Peacock.1604T. M. Black Bk. E 2 b, Let no yong rigle-eyde Damosell..be left vnassaulted.1620Middleton Chaste Maid iii. ii, Short riggle-tayle-Comfits, not worth mouthing.1897M. Kingsley W. Africa 473 A dance of women.., the usual wriggle and stamp affair.1960Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 312/2 Wrigglework, a form of engraved decoration on pewter and silver, employing a zig-zag line cut by rocking a gouge from side to side in its progress. Used in conjunction with line engraving at certain periods, principally late in 17th cent.1975Oxf. Compan. Decorative Arts 616/2 The flat-lid tankard shows the pewterer's craft at its best. The plain drum..was sometimes decorated with ‘wriggle-work’ designs of symbolic or commemorative significance.1982‘J. Gash’ Firefly Gadroon v. 62 The plate..was wriggle-work... This was a William III plate, with..a rim decorated by engraved wriggles.

词汇	wriggle-
词根词缀	OED wriggle-\|rɪg(ə)l\|the verb-stem used attrib. in a few combs., in the sense ‘undergoing or characterized by wriggling’, as † wriggle-eye, -tail, etc.; wriggle-work (see quot. 1960); cf. wriggled work.In quots. 1579, 1620, app. from wriggled tail.1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. Feb. 7 They wont in the wind wagge their wrigle tailes, Perke as Peacock.1604T. M. Black Bk. E 2 b, Let no yong rigle-eyde Damosell..be left vnassaulted.1620Middleton Chaste Maid iii. ii, Short riggle-tayle-Comfits, not worth mouthing.1897M. Kingsley W. Africa 473 A dance of women.., the usual wriggle and stamp affair.1960Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 312/2 Wrigglework, a form of engraved decoration on pewter and silver, employing a zig-zag line cut by rocking a gouge from side to side in its progress. Used in conjunction with line engraving at certain periods, principally late in 17th cent.1975Oxf. Compan. Decorative Arts 616/2 The flat-lid tankard shows the pewterer's craft at its best. The plain drum..was sometimes decorated with ‘wriggle-work’ designs of symbolic or commemorative significance.1982‘J. Gash’ Firefly Gadroon v. 62 The plate..was wriggle-work... This was a William III plate, with..a rim decorated by engraved wriggles.
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