twiddle one's thumbs
collocation闲得无聊;无所事事
He sat there twiddling his thumbs instead of helping.
他坐在那儿无所事事,也不帮忙。
捻弄;摆弄;转动
twiddled — past of twiddle
闲混;瞎忙;摆弄;翻转相邻的二进制位;交换相邻比特;与…等价;与…处于等价关系;扭动、摆弄或玩弄;来回移动。;翻转或交换两个相邻的位(二进制数字)。
To wiggle, fidget or play with; to move something around.
扭动、摆弄或玩弄;来回移动。
To wiggle, fidget or play with; to move around.
翻转或交换两个相邻的位(二进制数字)。
To flip or switch two adjacent bits (binary digits).
与......具有等价关系。
To be in an equivalence relation with.
玩弄任何东西;因此,忙于琐事。
To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles.
一般现在时
He twiddles his thumbs.
他捻弄他的拇指。
一般过去时
She twiddled with the button.
她捻弄了那个按钮。
现在完成时
They have twiddled the dial.
他们已经旋弄了刻度盘。
规则动词
Stop twiddling that pencil and focus on your homework.
别再捻弄那支铅笔了,专心做作业。
用法提示:twiddling是动词twiddle的-ing形式,这里表示用手指无聊地不停捻弄某物。
She twiddled the ring on her finger as she waited for the bus.
她一边等公交车,一边捻弄手指上的戒指。
用法提示:twiddled是动词twiddle的过去式,表示无意识地用手指转动、捻弄戒指。
He twiddles the radio knob until he finds a station he likes.
他转动收音机的旋钮,直到找到他喜欢的电台。
用法提示:twiddles是动词twiddle的第三人称单数形式,表示用手来回转动旋钮。
fiddle 通常与 with 连用(fiddle with),强调反复触碰;twiddle 可直接带宾语,如 twiddle a pencil。
fidget 更强调身体或手因不安而乱动,表示拨弄某物时常加 with,不如 twiddle 特指用手指捻转。
toy 常作 toy with,带有随意、不认真的态度,也可用于抽象事物(如想法);twiddle 一般只指具体动作。
play with 含义较广,可指儿童玩耍或一般地拨弄,用于成人时语气更随意,不如 twiddle 具体清晰。
wiggle 侧重来回摆动,不如 twiddle 强调用手指捻转或摆弄,且不带有‘无聊地玩’的含义。
针对“twiddle”作“捻弄、摆弄”解的动词义;leave alone 表示不加触碰、任其保持原样,与 twiddle 的持续摆弄相对。
针对“twiddle”的“摆弄”义;ignore 侧重不予理会,与 twiddle 的用手拨弄并非同一动作层面,仅在“不把某物当回事”上构成对照。
闲得无聊;无所事事
He sat there twiddling his thumbs instead of helping.
他坐在那儿无所事事,也不帮忙。
摆弄;捻弄
Stop twiddling with your pen and listen.
别摆弄钢笔了,听着。
转动(收音机等的)调谐拨盘
She twiddled the dial to find a better station.
她转动收音机拨盘想找一个更好的电台。
捻弄头发;卷弄头发
She twiddled her hair while thinking.
她一边思考一边捻弄着自己的头发。
翻转比特;交换二进制位
The programmer spent hours twiddling bits to optimize the code.
程序员花了几个小时翻转比特来优化代码。
闲得无聊,无所事事(尤指等待时)
I spent the whole afternoon twiddling my thumbs while waiting for the bus.
我等公交车时,整个下午都无所事事。
(无意识地)摆弄,摆玩
Stop twiddling with your pen and pay attention to the lecture.
别再摆弄你的笔了,认真听讲座。
(随意地)转动旋钮或调试设置
He twiddled the knobs on the radio until he found a clear station.
他转动收音机的旋钮,直到找到一个清晰的电台。
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