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

• 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。
• I am sitting around twiddling my thumbs.
  我坐在那里闲得无聊。
• I'm just going to be hanging around twiddling my thumbs
  我只会闲呆着，什么事也不做。
• He began twiddling with his pen.
  他开始转弄起钢笔来。
• She sat twiddling her handkerchief, saying not a word.
  她手里搓弄着手绢，一言不发。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。