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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

  • 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。
  • She finds a secretary's job very boring-some days there's almost no work for her at all, and she just sits there twiddling her thumbs.
    她觉得当秘书很乏味&有时几乎无事可做,因此只是坐在那里抚弄大拇指玩。
  • Otherwise you will get wasted resources, people twiddling their thumbs or maybe doing work without approval.
    否则你就是在浪费资源,人们无所事事或者就是在没有批准交付物的情况下工作。
  • 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。
  • He could quite happily spend hours twiddling with the knobs on his radio.
    他可以毫不厌倦地花上几个钟头旋弄他收音机上的旋钮。
  • 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。
  • They are either smoking, or they're twiddling on their BlackBerries, and we have an example: if you have a really stressful job, like president of the United States, you may feel the need to do both.
    他们要么吸烟,要么玩黑莓。举例来说:如果你的工作压力极大,比如担任美国总统,或许你会觉得这两个你都需要。
  • 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。
  • Nor do banks want to be seen to be the first to make lay-offs, which amounts to a public confession that its bankers are twiddling their thumbs.
    也没有一家银行想第一个裁员,因为这意味着公开承认其员工无所事事。
  • He began twiddling with his pen.
    他开始转弄起钢笔来。