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

• She sat twiddling her handkerchief, saying not a word.
  她手里搓弄着手绢，一言不发。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I am sitting around twiddling my thumbs.
  我坐在那里闲得无聊。
• 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。
• There's no point in sitting here twiddling our thumbs.
  我们在这儿瞎坐着是没有的。
• He was twiddling with his watch-chain while he was listening to me.
  他边听我讲边弄着表链。