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单词 twiddle
释义
twiddle
verb[IorT]
uk
/ˈtwɪd.əl/us
/ˈtwɪd.əl/
tomovesomethingrepeatedlybetweenyourfingers,especiallywithout anypurpose:
（尤指无聊地反复用手指）摆弄，捻弄，旋弄
She was twiddling(with)apencil/herhair.她在摆弄铅笔／头发玩。
Twiddleadial/knobon aradioin thecityand you mayhearvoicesspeakingSpanish,Chinese,Portuguese, orRussian.在这座城市里，如果旋弄收音机的旋钮，你可能会收听到西班牙语、汉语、葡萄牙语或俄语。
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Idiom

twiddleyourthumbs
twiddle
noun[C]
mainlyUK
uk
/ˈtwɪd.əl/us
/ˈtwɪd.əl/
anactofturningsomething with thefingers:
摆弄，捻弄；旋动，扭动
At the twiddle of aknobtheoperatorscanfocuson atinyamountofairspaceorscanthewholearea.只要旋动旋钮，操作者就可局部观察一小块领空，或者扫描整个区域。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Revolving, rotating and spinning
  • around
  • around and aroundidiom
  • backspin
  • birl
  • centrifugal
  • circuit
  • rev
  • revolve
  • revolving
  • rotary
  • rotate
  • rotation
  • span
  • spin
  • swing
  • twirl
  • twirling
  • twirly
  • underspin
  • wheel round
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(Definition oftwiddlefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

twiddle| American Dictionary

twiddle
verb[T]
us
/ˈtwɪd·əl/
tomovesomething about betweenyourfingerswithout giving ityourattention:
Shekepttwiddling hernecklace.

Idiom

twiddleyourthumbs
(Definition oftwiddlefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftwiddle

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A free-standing commission would involve short bursts of hectic activity and long periods of the twiddling of thumbs.
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He said that doctors were twiddling their thumbs while waiting for the necessary beds to be made available.
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Today one stands still and twiddles the hoop round oneself.
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We should not have a standstill in the sense that everyone is twiddling his thumbs for months and months.
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There is an immense problem facing this country, and it cannot be dealt with by twiddling and footling around with the subsidy or by legislation of this kind.
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You can hardly expect him to sit at home twiddling his thumbs when he can be with his friends fighting for his cause in picketing power stations and the like.
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When no one comes to his counter or to his repair shop, he does not sit idly by and say that twiddling one's thumbs is very good for one's character.
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He was also fond of drawing hands with interlocked fingers, which looked as though the characters were twiddling their thumbs.
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French spindles are twiddled between the fingers of one hand instead.
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Then wetwiddleand, more often than not, all we get is twaddle or, to be more precise, nothing.
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They will not sit andtwiddletheir thumbs waiting for the fish industry to recover.
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The best way of doing that is by ensuring that some people go across there, although they are against it and mighttwiddletheir thumbs.
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When theytwiddlethe dial they will have to listen to these stations because they will not receive anything else.
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They would take the action that was in their best national interest andtwiddlewith the rules later.
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If we give it a great bigtwiddle, we can turn the results on their head.
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