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twiddling

英 [ˈtwɪdlɪŋ]

美 [ˈtwɪdlɪŋ]

v.  (常因紧张或无聊)旋弄,摆弄,捻弄(物件)
twiddle的现在分词

复数:twiddlings 现在分词:twiddling 

柯林斯词典

  • VERB 旋弄;捻弄;摆弄
    If youtwiddlesomething, you twist it or turn it quickly with your fingers.
    1. He twiddled a knob on the dashboard...
      他转动着仪表板上的一个旋钮。
    2. She had sat there twiddling nervously with the clasp of her handbag.
      她坐在那里紧张地摆弄着手提包的扣钩。
  • totwiddleyourthumbs→ see:thumb

双语例句

  • Why should I be left alone holding the baby while all the boys are sitting around and twiddling their thumbs?
    为什么这些苦差事都得我一个人干而男孩子们却懒洋洋地坐在那儿,闲得没事干?
  • I am sitting around twiddling my thumbs.
    我坐在那里闲得无聊。
  • The prospect of waiting around just twiddling his thumbs was appalling
    想到将要无所事事,他就非常害怕。
  • Sometimes they had nothing to do in the office and just sat twiddling their thumbs.
    有时候办公室里无事可做,他们就坐着无聊地打发时间。
  • There's no point in sitting here twiddling our thumbs.
    我们在这儿瞎坐着是没有的。
  • Grandet sat twiddling his thumbs, lost in calculation the results of which were to astonish Saumur one day.
    葛朗台坐在一边把大拇指绕动了四小时,想着明天会教索漠全城吃惊的计算,出神了。
  • He had plucked a blue floweret, and was twiddling it against the sky.
    他折了一朵小蓝花,将它对着天空转来转去。
  • With the elimination of twiddling hempen threads by hand, Masidun is disappearing gradually because of aging and being destroyed.
    但随着手工绩麻的淘汰,麻丝墩正在逐渐老化、损毁和消失。
  • They kept the manager busy and left me twiddling my thumbs.
    他们让经理忙得不可开交,而置我于无所事事之中。thumbsdown大拇指朝下。
  • He began twiddling with his pen.
    他开始转弄起钢笔来。