英语词汇“twiddle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

twiddletwiddle /ˈtwɪdl/ verb

ETYMOLOGYtwiddle

Origin: 1500-1600 Probably copying the action

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

1twiddle your thumbs informal a)to do nothing while you are waiting for something to happen: Let’s go – I’m not going to sit here twiddling my thumbs forever. b)to join your fingers together and move your thumbs in a circle around each other, because you are bored2twiddle (with) something to move or turn something around with your fingers many times, especially because you are bored—twiddle noun [countable]