twiddling
present participle oftwiddle
| 单词 | twiddling |
| 释义 | twiddling present participle oftwiddle twiddle verb[IorT] uk/ˈtwɪd.əl/us/ˈtwɪd.əl/tomovesomethingrepeatedlybetweenyourfingers,especiallywithout anypurpose: She was twiddling(with)apencil/herhair. Twiddleadial/knobon aradioin thecityand you mayhearvoicesspeakingSpanish,Chinese,Portuguese, orRussian. Revolving, rotating and spinning
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Touching & feeling Idiomtwiddleyourthumbs Examplesoftwiddlingtwiddling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. For those of you who cannot yet totally let go, here's the opportunity to keep your publishers fromtwiddlingtheir thumbs. From theCambridge English Corpus Unless it meddles in local authority matters, it will betwiddlingits proverbial thumbs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot afford the luxury of sitting here justtwiddlingour thumbs. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English No real attempt is made to organise work for these scientists, and many of them are sitting there doing little more thantwiddlingtheir thumbs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These civil servants were not just sitting aroundtwiddlingtheir thumbs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Because he is zealous and energetic he does not sittwiddlinghis thumbs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 For the members of some of those units,twiddlingtheir thumbs can be just as demoralising as having to go from one operation to another. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a ludicrous state of affairs, because it leaves expensive highly trained surgeonstwiddlingtheir thumbs rather than operating on patients. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Also, is that not a waste of expensive surgeons' operating time when they aretwiddlingtheir thumbs? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In the war people were ready to crouch over their sets,twiddlingthe controls to capture and hold the signal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Was he to standtwiddlinghis thumbs doing nothing, when face to face with revolution? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In silent meditation, or in merelytwiddlingtheir thumbs in some office or another? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 When people cannot be employed there, they sit in the hillstwiddlingtheir thumbs and get up to mischief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They sit aroundtwiddlingtheir thumbs, producing for consultation measures that we have seen time and again before. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He istwiddlinghis thumbs, waiting for the recession to come to an end and hoping that he can survive it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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