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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

  • 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。
  • 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。
  • There's no point in sitting here twiddling our thumbs.
    我们在这儿瞎坐着是没有的。
  • 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?
  • 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。
  • After all, no amount of twiddling with Basel rules or pious statements about bonuses will ever scare a financier as much as the thought of jail.
    毕竟,再多的巴塞尔协议或虔诚的奖金声明,都不会比想到牢狱之灾更让金融家感到恐惧。
  • He just sat there, twiddling his fingers.
    他只是闲坐在那里,捏弄自己的手指头。
  • 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。
  • I am sitting around twiddling my thumbs.
    我坐在那里闲得无聊。
  • 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。