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。
• He was twiddling with his watch-chain while he was listening to me.
  他边听我讲边弄着表链。
• There are those like me who is left twiddling our thumbs, helpless and feeling hopeless.
  很多人像我一样感到无助，因为我们能做的仅仅是捐款。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 just sat there, twiddling his fingers.
  他只是闲坐在那里，捏弄自己的手指头。
• 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。
• 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。