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单词 twiddle
释义 twiddle
['twɪd.l] verb intransitive or transitive
■to move something repeatedly between your fingers, especially without any purpose (尤指无聊地反覆用手指)摆弄,捻弄,旋弄
She was twiddling (with) a pencil/her hair.她在摆弄铅笔/头发玩。
Twiddle a dial/knob on a radio in Britain and you may hear voices speaking French or German.在英国,如果旋弄收音机的旋钮,你可能会收听到有人在讲法语或德语。
['twɪd.l] verb intransitive or transitive
twiddle your thumbs
■to do nothing for a period of time, usually while you are waiting for something to happen (等待之际)闲着无聊
I arrived early for the meeting so I was twiddling my thumbs for half an hour.我开会来早了,百无聊赖干等了半小时。
['twɪd.l] noun countable
■an act of turning something with the fingers 摆弄,捻弄;旋动,扭动
At the twiddle of a knob the operators can focus on a tiny amount of airspace or scan the whole area.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。
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