twiddle 英 ['twɪd(ə)l]   美 ['twɪdl]

twiddle

twiddle  英 ['twɪd(ə)l] 美 ['twɪdl]

vt. 旋弄;抚弄;玩弄;捻起来  vi. 旋弄  n. 捻;转动 

进行时:twiddling  过去式:twiddled  过去分词:twiddled  第三人称单数:twiddles  名词复数:twiddles 

I twiddle, I twist. How will I know when I'm near balance point? 我旋转,我扭动。我怎么知道什么时候我会接近平衡点?
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。

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  • vt. 旋弄;抚弄;玩弄;捻起来
  • vi. 旋弄
  • n. 捻;转动
  • 1. I twiddle, I twist. How will I know when I'm near balance point?

    我旋转,我扭动。我怎么知道什么时候我会接近平衡点?

  • 2. 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。

  • 3. And you DO have to play rather than just twiddle it about a bit – the USB port is hidden in the cube and it’s part of the puzzle to discover it – no solving, no charge.

    而且你确实可以把玩它,而不仅仅是旋转它——USB接口作为魔方的一部分,隐藏在这个立方体中,需要你来发现它——不搞定这个问题就别想充电。

  • twiddle (v.) 1540s, "to trifle," of unknown origin, said to be probably imitative; of the fingers, "to twirl idly," first recorded 1670s. Figurative phrase twiddle one's thumbs "have nothing to do" is recorded from 1846; to twirl one's thumbs in the same sense is recorded from 1816. Related: Twiddled; twiddling.
twid·dle / ˈtwɪdl ; NAmE ˈtwɪdl / verb , noun twiddle twiddles twiddled twiddling verb [intransitive ,  transitive ] ( BrE) to twist or turn sth with your fingers often because you are nervous or bored (常因紧张或无聊)旋弄,摆弄,捻弄(物件) twiddlewith sth 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。 twiddlesth She was twiddling the ring on her finger. 她摆弄着手指上的戒指。 IDIOM twiddle your thumbs 1 to move your thumbs around each other with your fingers joined together 抱手旋弄大拇指 2 to do nothing while you are waiting for sth to happen (等待之际)无所事事 noun 1 ( BrE) a twist or turn 拧;转动 a twiddle of the knob 转动一下旋钮 2 a decorative twist in a pattern, piece of music, etc. (图案等的)修饰性曲线,螺旋形线条;(乐曲的)装饰音 twiddles on the clarinet 单簧管的装饰音 twid·dle / ˈtwɪdl ; NAmE ˈtwɪdl /
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