蠕动 (rú dòng) — se tortiller, se contorsionner; (géologie) fluer

Définition

Literary/scientific verb meaning 'to wriggle, squirm, or creep' — used for slow, wave-like motion of worms and snakes, and technically for crustal creep. More formal and less common than everyday verbs like 爬.

verb
se tortillerse contorsionner(géologie) fluer

Exemples

  • 蠕动
    Yì tiáo qiū yǐn zài ní tǔ lǐ màn màn rú dòng.
    An earthworm slowly wriggles in the soil.
  • 蠕动
    Shé de shēn tǐ zài cǎo cóng zhōng rú dòng qián jìn.
    The snake's body squirmed forward through the grass.
  • 蠕动
    Dì qiào de rú dòng fēi cháng huǎn màn, měi nián zhǐ yǒu jǐ háo mǐ.
    The creep of the Earth's crust is extremely slow, only a few millimeters per year.

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