twiddle

[美]/'twɪd(ə)l/
[英]/'twɪdl/
词频: 极高

释义

vt. 旋弄;抚弄;玩弄
vi. 旋弄
n. 捻;转动
词形变化
复数twiddles
现在分词twiddling
过去式twiddled
过去分词twiddled
第三人称单数twiddles

短语搭配

twiddle your thumbs

虚度时光

twiddle a pen

玩弄笔

twiddle a knob

转动旋钮

例句

one twiddle of a button.

转一下按钮。

she twiddled the dials on the radio.

她无聊地旋弄着收音机上的调谐盘。

gay little twiddles from the clarinet.

单簧管欢快、简短的乐音。

She likes to twiddle her hair when she's nervous.

她紧张时喜欢拧她的头发。

He tends to twiddle his thumbs when he's bored.

他无聊时爱拧着大拇指。

The child would twiddle the knobs on the radio for hours.

那孩子会在收音机上拧弄旋钮好几个小时。

Stop twiddling with your phone and pay attention!

别再瞎玩手机了,集中注意力!

She would twiddle the pen in her hand while thinking.

她一边思考一边玩弄手中的笔。

He would twiddle the dials on the control panel absentmindedly.

他心不在焉地拧动控制面板上的旋钮。

The magician began to twiddle his fingers before performing a trick.

魔术师在表演魔术前开始扭动手指。

She couldn't help but twiddle the ring on her finger during the meeting.

在会议期间,她情不自禁地拧动手指上的戒指。

The toddler would twiddle the buttons on the remote control out of curiosity.

那个幼儿出于好奇会拧动遥控器上的按钮。

I caught myself twiddling my necklace during the boring lecture.

我发现自己在无聊的讲座上拧动项链。

原声例句

Workers hired to meet roaring demand have been left twiddling their thumbs.

为满足猛增的需求而被雇佣的员工们,现在闲得抠手。

来源: The Economist (Summary)

" Wild! " he said, twiddling the replay knob on the side.

“真棒啊!”他摆弄着望远镜侧面的重放旋钮,说道。

来源: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

The wizard went back to the desk, sat down, and twiddled his thumbs, watching the door.

巫师返回桌边,坐下来,心不在焉地玩弄着两个大拇指,望着门口。

来源: 2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

I say that I don't want to be twiddling my thumbs.

我说我不想玩弄我的拇指。

来源: 2011 ESLPod

That would be twiddling your thumbs.

那将是在玩弄你的拇指。

来源: 2011 ESLPod

Our scriptwriter does not sit around here at ESL Podcast twiddling her thumbs.

我们的编剧不会坐在 ESL 播客上闲逛。

来源: 2014 ESLPod

" To twiddle your thumbs" means to sit around and do nothing, in this case.

“To twiddle your thumbs”在这种情况下意味着坐在那里什么都不做。

来源: 2014 ESLPod

" Hit me , " she said , twiddling her fingers for the cigarette .

" 给我一支," 她说,捻动手指要香烟抽。

来源: Self-study Advanced English

Now, he only twiddled his thumbs.

现在,他无事可干。

来源: Pan Pan

He sat down and used the tweezers to twiddle some twig.

他坐下来,用镊子捻弄一些嫩枝。

来源: Pan Pan

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