twiddling is twiddle's Present Participle

twiddle

US [ˈtwɪd(ə)l]
UK ['twɪd(ə)l]
  • v.玩弄；捻弄；花式弹奏；〈英方〉忙于琐事
  • n.捻；波状线
  • Web倒板
Simple Present：twiddles  Present Participle：twiddling  Past Tense：twiddled  

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Web Definition

v.
1.
捻弄
2.
玩弄 (with)
3.
花式弹奏
4.
〈英方〉忙于琐事
1.
捻弄
2.
玩弄 (with)
3.
花式弹奏
4.
〈英方〉忙于琐事
n.
1.
捻
2.
波状线,波纹

Sample Sentence

Definition:
AllAll,玩弄玩弄,捻弄捻弄,花式弹奏花式弹奏,〈英方〉忙于琐事〈英方〉忙于琐事,捻捻,波状线波状线,倒板倒板
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1.
He was sitting all over a small rocking chair, twiddling his thumbs and smiling, with his feet on the fender.
他整个身躯坐到摇椅上，边捻弄著手指边微笑，双脚搁在炉围上。
tā zhěng gè shēn qū zuò dào yáo yǐ shàng , biān niǎn nòng zhù shǒu zhǐ biān wēi xiào , shuāng jiǎo gē zài lú wéi shàng 。
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2.
She finds a secretary's job very boring-some days there's almost no work for her at all, and she just sits there twiddling her thumbs.
她觉得当秘书很乏味――有时几乎无事可做，因此只是坐在那里抚弄大拇指玩。
tā jué de dāng mì shū hěn fá wèi ― ― yǒu shí jī hū wú shì kě zuò , yīn cǐ zhǐ shì zuò zài nà li fǔ nòng dà mǔ zhǐ wán 。
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3.
Various page elements like images may have to time out, as well, so you could be stuck twiddling your thumbs waiting for a site to resolve.
各种各样的网页元素，如图片，可能一样要等待超时，因此你可能需要在桌面敲着手指来等待网站的解析。
gè zhǒng gè yàng de wǎng yè yuán sù , rú tú piàn , kě néng yí yàng yào děng dài chāo shí , yīn cǐ nǐ kě néng xū yào zài zhuō miàn qiāo zhe shǒu zhǐ lái děng dài wǎng zhàn de jiě xī 。
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4.
After twiddling your thumbs for too long, you're ready to kick some butt and jump back into the game called love.
双双你无所事事（空窗）很久啦，现在你开始为自己打气，准备重返爱情游戏了。
shuāng shuāng nǐ wú suǒ shì shì ( kōng chuāng ) hěn jiǔ la , xiàn zài nǐ kāi shǐ wèi zì jǐ dǎ qì , zhǔn bèi chóng fǎn ài qíng yóu xì le 。
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5.
You will see a dealer in barrel business sitting at his door twiddling his thumbs as he gossips with a neighbour.
你也可看到一个做酒桶生意的商人，两只大拇指绕来绕去，坐在门口跟邻居谈天。
nǐ yě kě kàn dào yī gè zuò jiǔ tǒng shēng yì de shāng rén , liǎng zhī dà mǔ zhǐ rào lái rào qù , zuò zài mén kǒu gēn lín jū tán tiān 。
6.
Travelling by plane usually conjures up images of a few too many hours spent twiddling thumbs in chairs with unsettling stains.
乘飞机旅行常常使人浮现出种种画面：不断摆弄拇指，在座位上左扭右扭打发漫长的时间。
chéng fēi jī lǚ xíng cháng cháng shǐ rén fú xiàn chū zhǒng zhǒng huà miàn : bú duàn bǎi nòng mǔ zhǐ , zài zuò wèi shàng zuǒ niu yòu niǔ dǎ fā màn cháng de shí jiān 。
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7.
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。
tā shé le yī duǒ xiǎo lán huā , jiāng tā duì zhe tiān kōng zhuàn lái zhuàn qù 。
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8.
Sitting at home twiddling my thumbs was the last thing I wanted to do.
坐在家里抚弄自己的手指是我最不想做的事情。
zuò zài jiā lǐ fǔ nòng zì jǐ de shǒu zhǐ shì wǒ zuì bù xiǎng zuò de shì qíng 。
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9.
"You did ask to be informed when he arrived, " said John, twiddling with his corded belt.
“是你自己说当他来的时候要通知你的。”强尼玩弄着他的领带说。
" shì nǐ zì jǐ shuō dāng tā lái de shí hou yào tōng zhī nǐ de 。 " qiáng ní wán nòng zhe tā de lǐng dài shuō 。
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10.
After backing down from that initiative, an adviser says, Mr Nazarbayev would have looked foolish just twiddling his thumbs.
在那次失利后，一位提议者说，如果纳扎尔巴耶夫先生闲着旋弄手指的话会显得很愚蠢。
zài nà cì shī lì hòu , yī wèi tí yì zhě shuō , rú guǒ nà zhā ěr bā yē fū xiān sheng xián zhe xuàn nòng shǒu zhǐ de huà huì xiǎn de hěn yú chǔn 。
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