英语词汇“to twirl one's thumbs”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. To turn (one's fingers or thumbs) rapidly about one another; spec. to twirl one's thumbs, as an idle occupation when one has nothing to do. Cf. twiddle v.¹ 2c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)]

emptyeOE

to tell the clock1527

idle1668

to kick one's heels1703

twirl1777

gammer1788

to twiddle one's thumbs, or fingers1846

to make (also do) kef1852

goof1932

doss1937

to sit on one's hands1939

to bugger about ——1946

to spin one's wheels1960

1777 F. Burney Let. 27 Mar. in Early Diary, Lett. (1990) II. 225 Dr. Johnson..has a strange method of frequently twirling his Fingers, & twisting his Hands.

1816 Brief Remarks Eng. Manners 26 ‘What can I say?’ ‘Oh! any thing is better than sitting twirling your thumbs like a fool.’

1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike (new ed.) vii. 77 Sitting down demurely..and twirling his thumbs.

1864 M. E. Braddon Henry Dunbar iii. 23 Bad thoughts..come fastest when a fellow sits twirling his thumbs.

单词	to twirl one's thumbs
释义	> as lemmas to twirl one's thumbs c. To turn (one's fingers or thumbs) rapidly about one another; spec. to twirl one's thumbs, as an idle occupation when one has nothing to do. Cf. twiddle v.¹ 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] emptyeOE to tell the clock1527 idle1668 to kick one's heels1703 twirl1777 gammer1788 to twiddle one's thumbs, or fingers1846 to make (also do) kef1852 goof1932 doss1937 to sit on one's hands1939 to bugger about ——1946 to spin one's wheels1960 1777 F. Burney Let. 27 Mar. in Early Diary, Lett. (1990) II. 225 Dr. Johnson..has a strange method of frequently twirling his Fingers, & twisting his Hands. 1816 Brief Remarks Eng. Manners 26 ‘What can I say?’ ‘Oh! any thing is better than sitting twirling your thumbs like a fool.’ 1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike (new ed.) vii. 77 Sitting down demurely..and twirling his thumbs. 1864 M. E. Braddon Henry Dunbar iii. 23 Bad thoughts..come fastest when a fellow sits twirling his thumbs. extracted from twirlv.¹ < as lemmas
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