| 词汇 | shimmying |
| 释义 | shimmying present participle ofshimmy shimmy verb[ I ] uk /ˈʃɪm.i/ us /ˈʃɪm.i/ to do a dance in which you shake your hips and shoulders: （抖动臀部和肩部）跳希米舞 She shimmied across the dance floor.她跳着希米舞穿过舞池。 [ + adv/prep ]mainly UK(US usuallyshin, shinny) to climb smoothly up, down, or along something by holding it tightly with your arms and legs: 攀，爬（同 shin） He could shimmy up a drainpipe with ease. Workers on the roof shimmied down ladders. [ + adv/prep ]US to move up and down and from side to side with small, quick movements, especially in order to put on or take off clothes: Every woman has had that moment of elation when she shimmies into something a size smaller than usual. She shimmied out of that brown dress while her daughter was still fiddling with buttons. US If a car shimmies, it makes a very light shaking movement that is not the usual movement of the car.（尤指机动车）不正常地振动 Dance & choreography arabesque backing dancer backspin backup dancer ballerina cut a rugidiom dabbing dance dance studio dance to something moonwalk moonwalking morris dance morris dancer morris dancing terpsichorean throw shapesidiom tights toe shoe tutu You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Moving on your hands and legs or on your stomach Shaking, swinging and vibrating Examples of shimmyingshimmying In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. A male will court a female by diving in front of her, cutting her off, shaking and shimmying until she agrees to spawn. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They scatter eggs among fine-leaved plants as well as directly on to the substrate during a characteristic, side-by-side, shimmying courtship ritual. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The undercarriage responded badly to this, the bogies shimmying uncontrollably. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Willis has made it clear that he was a problem child, regularly sneaking out of the house by shimmying down drain pipes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Sam moves by shimmying horizontally across the grid and climbing upwards, once he has moved up a storey he can not climb back down. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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