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

• 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？
• 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。
• Over time, this script has saved me dozens of hours that I would have spent manually twiddling with an FTP GUI, or constantly changing directories via an annoying command-line FTP program.
  随着时间的推移，这个脚本已经为我节省了数十个小时，我不再需要手工使用FTPGUI，也不需要通过一个恼人的FTP命令行程序频繁的变换目录。
• 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。
• The prospect of waiting around just twiddling his thumbs was appalling
  想到将要无所事事，他就非常害怕。
• There's no point in sitting here twiddling our thumbs.
  我们在这儿瞎坐着是没有的。
• They kept the manager busy and left me twiddling my thumbs.
  他们让经理忙得不可开交，而置我于无所事事之中。thumbsdown大拇指朝下。
• I'm just going to be hanging around twiddling my thumbs
  我只会闲呆着，什么事也不做。