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fidget with sth
fidget with 表示因紧张或无意识而摆弄小物件。
She fidgeted with her phone while waiting for the bus.
等公交车时，她不停地摆弄手机。
坐立不安；摆弄
fidgeting — present participle of fidget
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
坐立不安；摆弄
move restlessly
She fidgeted with her phone while waiting for the bus.
等公交车时，她不停地摆弄手机。
扭动或抽动；尤指紧张或无聊地活动身体(特别是手指)。
To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly.
使坐立不安；使不安。
To cause to fidget; to make uneasy.
fidget
Base
原形
fidgets
3rd person
第三人称单数
fidgeting
-ing
现在分词
fidgeted
Past
过去式
fidgeted
Past participle
过去分词
She fidgets with her pen during meetings.
她开会时总是不停摆弄手里的笔。
The children are fidgeting in their seats.
孩子们在座位上坐立不安。
He fidgeted all night before the exam.
考试前他一整晚坐立不安。
表示因紧张或无聊而小幅度动来动去、摆弄东西。
The children began to fidget in their seats during the long speech.
在冗长的演讲中，孩子们开始在座位上坐立不安。
He fidgeted with his pen while waiting for the interview to start.
在等待面试开始时，他不停地摆弄手里的钢笔。
Try not to fidget during the exam; just sit quietly.
考试时尽量不要坐立不安，安静坐好就行。
fidget with 表示因紧张或无意识而摆弄小物件。
She fidgeted with her phone while waiting for the bus.
等公交车时，她不停地摆弄手机。
这个搭配常用来描写坐不住、不停扭动身体的样子。
The boy fidgeted in his seat all through the lecture.
那个男孩听讲座时一直在座位上坐立不安。
about 和 around 在这里意思相同，都表示不停地动。
Stop fidgeting around and sit still.
别动来动去，坐好。
Not this
I feel fidget before the interview.
Use this
I feel fidgety before the interview.
fidget 是动词或名词，不是形容词；“坐立不安的”要用形容词 fidgety，不能用 fidget 作表语。
Not this
She fidgeted her pencil during the meeting.
Use this
She fidgeted with her pencil during the meeting.
fidget 作不及物动词表示“摆弄”时，须用 fidget with + 宾语；若直接跟宾语，fidget 的及物义是“使烦乱”，语义就改变了。
Not this
He gets fidgets when he has to wait.
Use this
He gets the fidgets when he has to wait.
表示“烦躁不安”的名词用固定短语 the fidgets，必须带定冠词 the；汉语没有冠词，学习者容易漏掉 the。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
摆弄；坐立不安地拨弄
She fidgeted with the buttons on her coat.
她坐立不安地摆弄着外套上的纽扣。
在座位上坐立不安
He fidgeted in his seat during the lecture.
讲座期间，他在座位上坐立不安。
紧张地坐立不安
She fidgeted nervously while waiting for the results.
等待结果时，她紧张地坐立不安。
停止坐立不安；别乱动
The teacher told the boy to stop fidgeting.
老师让那个男孩别坐立不安。
坐立不安地走动；来回乱动
He fidgeted around the kitchen, unable to sit down.
他在厨房里坐立不安地来回走动，坐不下来。
烦躁不安；坐立不安（的状态）
He always gets the fidgets during long meetings.
他开长会时总是坐立不安。
Use fidgeting naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆联想：Fidget Spinner（指尖陀螺），不停转动的小玩具，正像坐立不安时摆弄东西的动作。
语域：neutral 常见场景：everyday conversation、classroom、descriptive writing fidget 属中性常用词，日常口语和一般书面语中都能使用，通常指因紧张、不耐烦或无聊而身体小幅度动来动去；没有明显的正式或非正式倾向。
真正与fidget押韵的词有digit、widget、midget，它们重读音节都是/ɪ/并接/dʒɪt/。注意gadget和budget虽然拼写也以-dget结尾，但元音不同（/æ/和/ʌ/），发音与fidget并不押韵；fidget中的-get读作/dʒɪt/，不是/ɡet/。
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