单词 | to twist one's fingers |
释义 | > as lemmasto twist one's fingers a. transitive. To cause to rotate as on an axis; to turn (anything) round so as to alter its position or aspect. to twist one's fingers, to turn one's fingers about nervously. ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (transitive)] turnOE trillc1386 gyrec1420 rote?1533 tirl1543 to turn round1555 revolve1559 circumvert1578 circumgyre1635 circumrote1635 circumgyrate1647 circumvolve1647 veera1649 twist1769 rotate1777 sphere1820 1769 W. Buchan Domest. Med. ii. 604 He must pull [the head] with considerable force, gently twisting it at the same time, if the face be turned to one side, till he perceives that the joint is replaced. 1796 F. Burney Camilla IV. vii. vi. 80 She twisted it..hastily round, to hide the hand-writing of the direction. 1827 W. Scott Surgeon's Daughter in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. II. vii. 177 I will twist your head round till your eyes look at the drummer's handwriting on your back. 1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 264 Blocks of stone,..lowered, tipped, twisted, undermined, and generally capsized by the rains and frosts of centuries. 1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Valerie's Fate vi Speak then, you stupid child, and don't stop short to twist your fingers. < as lemmas |
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