- 1彎彎曲曲的、歪歪扭扭的(形容線條)
Squiggly describes a line that twists and curls in an irregular way — not straight, not a neat circle, just wandering. Think of the line a child draws when they scribble, or the wavy your computer puts under a word it thinks is spelled wrong, or the shape of a worm moving.
Squiggly describesSquiggly形容的是 a line that twists and curls in an irregular way一條扭來扭去、彎彎曲曲、不規則的線—— not straight不是直的, not a neat circle也不是整齊的圓, just wandering就是隨意亂繞。 Think of想想 the line a child draws when they scribble小孩亂塗時畫出來的線, or或是 the wavy underline your computer puts under a word it thinks is spelled wrong電腦覺得你拼錯字時在底下畫的那條波浪底線, or或是 the shape of a worm moving蟲子爬動的形狀。
The key idea is that the curves are messy and . If a curve is smooth and regular, like the edge of a plate, we would not call it squiggly.
The key idea is重點是 that the curves are messy and unplanned這些曲線是雜亂、沒有計劃的。 If a curve is smooth and regular如果曲線是平滑規則的, like the edge of a plate像盤子的邊緣, we would not call it squiggly我們就不會說它squiggly。
It is a friendly, informal, slightly childish-sounding word — you hear it from teachers, parents, and designers, and you see it in everyday writing, but you would not usually put it in a serious report.
It is a friendly, informal, slightly childish-sounding word這是一個親切、非正式、聽起來有點孩子氣的字—— you hear it from teachers, parents, and designers你會聽到老師、家長和設計師這樣說, and you see it in everyday writing也會在日常文字裡看到, but you would not usually put it in a serious report但通常不會出現在正式報告裡。
People also use it about handwriting that is hard to read: "his signature is just a squiggly mess." A little more loosely, people say a person's stomach feels squiggly when they are nervous, though that use is rarer.
People also use it about handwriting that is hard to read也有人用它形容難以辨認的筆跡: "his signature is just a squiggly mess."「他的簽名根本亂七八糟」。 A little more loosely更寬鬆一點, people say a person's stomach feels squiggly人們會說肚子怪怪的、 when they are nervous緊張的時候, though that use is rarer不過這個用法比較少見。
The noun it comes from, a , is the mark itself; squiggly is what that mark looks like.
The noun it comes from它的名詞來源 a squiggle是squiggle, is the mark itself指的是那個記號本身; squiggly isSquiggly則是 what that mark looks like形容那個記號看起來的樣子。
core核心畫面
組成squiggle(隨手畫出的彎曲線條)+ -y(形容詞字尾,「有…樣子的」)。squiggle 本身大約是 squirm(扭動)和 wriggle(蠕動)混在一起的感覺詞,聲音本身就在模仿那個扭來扭去的動作。
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
squigglyadj/ˈskwɪɡli/
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informalNot straight; wavy and irregular.
- She didn't have a ruler, so she drew a squiggly line to highlight the main points.
- My first memories of eating are bowls of squiggly pasta with red sauce and lots of white cheese.
squigglynoun/ˈskwɪɡli/
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informalcomputingengineeringmathematicsA wavy underline used to indicate an error in text or source code.
- If you have dynamic spell checking enabled, your pamphlet will become a sea of red squigglies.
- Coding errors have colored squigglies beneath them to indicate the kind of error. For example, syntax errors appear with red squigglies beneath them...
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