twiddle

She had sat there twiddling nervously with the clasp of her handbag.

她坐在那里紧张地摆弄着手提包的扣钩。

——柯林斯例句

The Government cannot expect graduates to twiddle their thumbs on the dole.

政府不愿意看到毕业生领着救济金却什么也不干。

——柯林斯例句

All I did to attract such attention was spread my fingers twiddle with my glitzy earings.

我不过是伸出手指轻轻捻弄我那耀眼的耳环,便引起如此注意.

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He twiddled with the radio knob until he found the right programme.

他转动了一会收音机旋钮才找到了合意的节目。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

When we need you help, all you and twiddle you thumbs.

当我们需要你帮助时, 你却按兵不动,亲得无聊.

互联网

So must we sit back and twiddle our thumbs?

难道我们就只能在这儿无所作为?

电影对白

E . g . I have got to be busy, I can't sit down and twiddle my thumbs.

我总得做些事情, 不能这样无所事事下去.

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She was twiddling the ring on her finger.

她摆弄着手指上的戒指。

牛津词典

twiddles on the clarinet

单簧管的装饰音

牛津词典

Let's go – there's no point in sitting here twiddling our thumbs.

我们走吧——坐在这儿干等没有用。

朗文当代高级英语词典 第6版

a twiddle of the knob

转动一下旋钮

牛津词典

I sit twiddle my thumb wait for him to finish using the phone.

我坐著无聊地旋弄拇指,等候他用完电话.

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He twiddled a knob on the dashboard...

他转动着仪表板上的一个旋钮。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

When we need you help, all you did was sit back and twiddle you thumbs.

在我们需要你帮助的时候, 你却闲坐一旁抚弄你的大拇指.

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