twiddling是什么意思？

twiddling

• v. （心不在焉地）捻弄( twiddle的现在分词 )；

例句

• I had to sit at home twiddling my thumbs, waiting for the phone to ring. 我只好在家里干坐着等电话响。
• I'm just going to be hanging around twiddling my thumbs. 我只会闲呆着，什么事也不做。
• He had plucked a blue floweret, and was twiddling it against the sky. 他折了一朵小蓝花, 将它对着天空转来转去.
• The prospect of waiting around just twiddling his thumbs was appalling. 想到将要无所事事，他就非常害怕。
• She had sat there twiddling nervously with the clasp of her handbag. 她坐在那里紧张地摆弄着手提包的扣钩。
• The prospect of waiting around just twiddling his thumbs was appalling... 想到将要无所事事，他就非常害怕。
• I'm just going to be hanging around twiddling my thumbs... 我只会闲呆着，什么事也不做。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  旋弄;捻弄;摆弄
  If you twiddle something, you twist it or turn it quickly with your fingers.
  例句
  He twiddled a knob on the dashboard... 他转动着仪表板上的一个旋钮。 She had sat there twiddling nervously with the clasp of her handbag. 她坐在那里紧张地摆弄着手提包的扣钩。