shimmy
shimmy 英 ['ʃɪmɪ] 美 ['ʃɪmi]
vt. 摇动；振动 n. 西迷舞（一种爵士舞）；摇动；女式衬衣
进行时:shimmying 过去式:shimmied 过去分词:shimmied 第三人称单数:shimmies 名词复数:shimmies
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- vt. 摇动；振动
- n. 西迷舞（一种爵士舞）；摇动；女式衬衣
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1. The cat also relies on long claws and highly flexible ankles to scramble among the trees - and even shimmy down tree trunks like a squirrel.
它们还依靠长长的爪子和高度灵活的踝关节在树与树之间攀爬，甚至还能像松鼠那样溜下树干。
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2. People watched in horror as a man tried to shimmy down the outside of the tower. He made it about three floors before flipping backward to the ground.
仿佛观看一部恐怖电影，人们眼睁睁地看着一个人沿着大厦的外面往下爬，爬了三层以后，便仰面向后坠落了。
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3. The ability to shimmy up a length of bamboo might prepare one for life as a scaffolder over here, but when is the ability to juggle large flowerpots with your feet going to come in handy?
在一段竹竿上自如摆动或许更像是脚手架上工人的职业技能了，但轻而易举地用两只脚轮番杂耍花盆又有几人能做到呢？
- shimmy (v.) "do a suggestive dance," 1918, perhaps via phrase shake the shimmy, which is possibly from shimmy (n.), a U.S. dialectal form of chemise (mistaken as a plural; compare shammy) first recorded 1837. Or perhaps the verb is related to shimmer (v.) via a notion of glistening light. Transferred sense of "vibration of a motor vehicle" is from 1925. Related: Shimmied; shimmying. As a noun, the name of a popular, fast, suggestive pre-flapper dance, by 1919.
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