单词	twiddle
释义	twiddletwid‧dle /ˈtwɪdl/ verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINtwiddle Origin: 1500-1600 Probably copying the action Verb Table VERB TABLE twiddle Simple Form Present I, you, we, they twiddle he, she, it twiddles Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they twiddled Present perfect I, you, we, they have twiddled he, she, it has twiddled Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had twiddled Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will twiddle Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have twiddled Continuous Form Present I am twiddling he, she, it is twiddling you, we, they are twiddling Past I, he, she, it was twiddling you, we, they were twiddling Present perfect I, you, we, they have been twiddling he, she, it has been twiddling Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been twiddling Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be twiddling Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been twiddling Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES He kept twiddling the knobs on the radio trying to get a signal. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS He looked away and began twiddling with the curtain cord. He was twiddling a piece of cork and sucking on his empty pipe. He was twiddling his fingers and looking pleased with himself. I sat there and twiddled my thumbs. Somehow it sounds even more so coming from a ballerina sitting in full-length black mink coat and twiddling with diamond earrings. The rest of us could just sit and twiddle our thumbs and drink iced coffee. The world got clearer, as if some one were twiddling the focus of her retinae. Till then, its quarry sat twiddling his thumbs and not quite smirking. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto make something turn around► turn to make something turn by moving it with your hand: · Tim turned the handle slowly and pushed open the door.· She put the key in the ignition and turned it, but nothing happened.turn something around (=so that it is facing the opposite direction): · If we turn the table around we can fit more chairs in the room. ► twist to turn something with a quick firm circular movement: · "I can't get the top off." "Try twisting it the other way."· We twisted and tugged to get the mussels loose from their shells. ► wind to turn something such as a handle or part of a machine around and around, especially in order to make something move or start working: · You wind the handle on the side to make the music play.· She wound the car window down to speak to the police officer.· My watch has stopped - I must have forgotten to wind it. ► swivel to turn something around on a central rod or point, usually so that it is facing a different direction: · He swivelled the camera on the tripod to follow her as she crossed the yard.swivel something aroundalso swivel something round British: · She swivelled the computer screen around so that I could see it too. ► twiddle British /twirl American to turn something small backwards and forwards many times with your fingers, especially because you are bored, or are trying to make something work: · She sat in the bar twirling the stem of her wine glass, wishing she were somewhere else.· He kept twiddling the knobs on the radio trying to get a signal. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► thumb · I sat there and twiddled my thumbs.· The rest of us could just sit and twiddle our thumbs and drink iced coffee.· Till then, its quarry sat twiddling his thumbs and not quite smirking. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► twiddle your thumbs I sat there and twiddled my thumbs. The rest of us could just sit and twiddle our thumbs and drink iced coffee. Till then, its quarry sat twiddling his thumbs and not quite smirking. 1twiddle your thumbs informal to do nothing while you are waiting for something to happen:  Let’s go – there’s no point in sitting here twiddling our thumbs.2[intransitive, transitive] to move or turn something around with your fingers many times, especially because you are nervous or boredtwiddle with She was twiddling with her earrings.—twiddle noun [countable]
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