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词汇 twiddled
释义 twiddled
past simple and past participle oftwiddle
twiddle
verb[ I or T ]
uk /ˈtwɪd.əl/ us /ˈtwɪd.əl/
to move something repeatedly between your fingers, especially without any purpose: (尤指无聊地反复用手指)摆弄,捻弄,旋弄
She was twiddling (with) a pencil/her hair.她在摆弄铅笔/头发玩。
Twiddle a dial/knob on a radio in the city and you may hear voices speaking Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese, or Russian.在这座城市里,如果旋弄收音机的旋钮,你可能会收听到西班牙语、汉语、葡萄牙语或俄语。
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Examples of twiddled


twiddled

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


This is a simple thing, but for ten years, we have sat and twiddled our thumbs.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
French spindles are twiddled between the fingers of one hand instead.
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