单词 | to fidget about |
释义 | > as lemmasto fidget about a. intransitive. To make movements indicative of impatience, restlessness, or uneasiness; to move restlessly to and fro. Also, to fidget about. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > restlessness > [verb (intransitive)] fikec1220 walka1225 shrugc1460 friga1500 fridgea1550 toss1560 fidge1575 trifle1618 figglea1652 jiffle1674 nestle1699 fidget1753 rummage1755 fissle1786 the world > movement > bodily movement > move the body or a member [verb (intransitive)] > shift about uneasily or awkwardly fikec1220 trifle1618 shuffle1635 fidget1753 hawm1847 the world > movement > restlessness > [verb (transitive)] fitch1692 to fidget about1828 the world > movement > bodily movement > move (the body or a member) [verb (transitive)] > move (body) uneasily to fidget about1828 1753 [implied in: S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. li. 317 My fidgetting Lord thrust in..his sharp face. (at fidgeting adj.)]. 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. iv. iii. 216 It would have done one's heart good to have seen the governor snapping his fingers and fidgetting with delight. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. iii. 25 Davison..fidgeted about in his chair. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge i. 236 Joe..had been fidgeting in his chair with divers uneasy gestures. 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma xxxiii. 138 The Major..has been fidgetting about pairing parties off. 1867 J. Hatton Tallants xviii The chairman fidgetted uneasily in his seat. < as lemmas |
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