twiddle

英 [ˈtwɪdl]

美 [ˈtwɪdl]

v.  (常因紧张或无聊)旋弄，摆弄，捻弄(物件)
n.  拧; 转动; (图案等的)修饰性曲线，螺旋形线条; (乐曲的)装饰音

现在分词：twiddling　过去式：twiddled　复数：twiddles　第三人称单数：twiddles　过去分词：twiddled　

BNC.21174 / COCA.27648

习惯用语

v.

twiddle your thumbs
• 抱手旋弄大拇指
  to move your thumbs around each other with your fingers joined together
• （等待之际）无所事事
  to do nothing while you are waiting for sth to happen

牛津词典

verb

• （常因紧张或无聊）旋弄，摆弄，捻弄（物件）
  to twist or turn sth with your fingers often because you are nervous or bored
  1. He twiddled with the radio knob until he found the right programme.
     他转动了一会收音机旋钮才找到了合意的节目。
  2. She was twiddling the ring on her finger.
     她摆弄着手指上的戒指。

noun

• 拧；转动
  a twist or turn
  1. a twiddle of the knob
     转动一下旋钮
• （图案等的）修饰性曲线，螺旋形线条；（乐曲的）装饰音
  a decorative twist in a pattern, piece of music, etc.
  1. twiddles on the clarinet
     单簧管的装饰音

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

英英释义

noun

• a series of small (usually idle) twists or turns

verb

• manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner
  1. He twiddled his thumbs while waiting for the interview
  Synonym:fiddle with
• turn in a twisting or spinning motion
  1. The leaves swirled in the autumn wind
  Synonym:twirlswirlwhirl

双语例句

• He twiddled a knob on the dashboard
  他转动着仪表板上的一个旋钮。
• Fast speed frequency analysis of shock and vibration signal is realized by application of FFT recursion algorithm based on split-radix and twiddle vector.
  系统中分裂基、旋转矢量FFT的递归算法的应用实现了对冲击振动信号的快速频谱分析。
• This method is called "minimum ratio twiddle iteration algorithm"; using this method, we can avoid cycling of simples method and get the shadow price easily.
  此方法我们称为最小比值旋转迭代法，应用此方法还可以避免单纯形法中的循环问题，同时也容易求出影子价格。
• An Application of Twiddle Iteration Algorithm of Simplex Method in Quadratic programming
  单纯形法的旋转迭代算法在二次规划中的应用
• Now the sudden break makes him uncomfortable, having nothing else to do but to gaze at the sky and twiddle his thumbs.
  现在，这个突然的打击使他很不舒服，他除了盯着天空和无聊地玩弄拇指之外，无事可做。
• London's stockbrokers were forced to twiddle their thumbs yesterday as a computer fault shut down trading on the main stock exchange on what would have been one of the busiest days of the year.
  由于电脑故障导致伦敦证交所（LSE）交易中断，伦敦股票经纪人周一只得无所事事，而当日本应是今年最繁忙的日子之一。
• I'll probably twiddle with his design.
  我大概会更改他的设计。
• 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。
• Butterfly design, address, independent dual-port memory design, the design of the complex multiplier and twiddle factor MATLAB software generation. Fourth, on the basis of the outline design, image generation module detailed design.
  详细介绍了蝶形器的设计、地址产生、独立双端口存储器设计、复数乘法器的设计和旋转因子的MATLAB软件生成。第四，在概要设计的基础上，对图像生成模块进行了详细的设计。
• Twiddle factor FFT algorithm
  旋转因子快速傅里叶变换算法