twiddle

[美國]/'twɪd(ə)l/
[英國]/'twɪdl/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

vt. 旋弄;撫弄;玩弄
vi. 旋弄
n. 捻;轉動
Word Forms
複數twiddles
現在分詞twiddling
過去式twiddled
過去分詞twiddled
第三人稱單數twiddles

短語搭配

twiddle your thumbs

虛度時光

twiddle a pen

玩弄筆

twiddle a knob

轉動旋鈕

例句

one twiddle of a button.

轉一下按鈕。

she twiddled the dials on the radio.

她無聊地旋弄着收音機上的調諧盤。

gay little twiddles from the clarinet.

單簧管歡快、簡短的樂音。

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

她緊張時喜歡擰她的頭髮。

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

他無聊時愛擰着大拇指。

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

那孩子會在收音機上擰弄旋鈕好幾個小時。

Stop twiddling with your phone and pay attention!

別再瞎玩手機了,集中注意力!

She would twiddle the pen in her hand while thinking.

她一邊思考一邊玩弄手中的筆。

He would twiddle the dials on the control panel absentmindedly.

他心不在焉地擰動控制面板上的旋鈕。

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

魔術師在表演魔術前開始扭動手指。

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

在會議期間,她情不自禁地擰動手指上的戒指。

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

那個幼兒出於好奇會擰動遙控器上的按鈕。

I caught myself twiddling my necklace during the boring lecture.

我發現自己在無聊的講座上擰動項鍊。

原聲例句

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

爲滿足猛增的需求而被僱傭的員工們,現在閒得摳手。

來源: The Economist (Summary)

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

“真棒啊!”他擺弄着望遠鏡側面的重放旋鈕,說道。

來源: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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

巫師返回桌邊,坐下來,心不在焉地玩弄着兩個大拇指,望着門口。

來源: 2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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

我說我不想玩弄我的拇指。

來源: 2011 ESLPod

That would be twiddling your thumbs.

那將是在玩弄你的拇指。

來源: 2011 ESLPod

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

我們的編劇不會坐在 ESL 播客上閒逛。

來源: 2014 ESLPod

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

“To twiddle your thumbs”在這種情況下意味着坐在那裏什麼都不做。

來源: 2014 ESLPod

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

" 給我一支," 她說,捻動手指要香菸抽。

來源: Self-study Advanced English

Now, he only twiddled his thumbs.

現在,他無事可幹。

來源: Pan Pan

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

他坐下來,用鑷子捻弄一些嫩枝。

來源: Pan Pan

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