twiddle

FREQ #47052

vt. 捻弄, 玩弄, 旋弄 vi. 旋弄 n. 捻弄

发音

US /ˈtwɪdəl/

词形变化

twiddles 复数 twiddled twiddles 三单 twiddles twiddling twiddling 现在分词 twiddled 过去式 twiddled 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A slight twist with the fingers.

  2. 2.

    A wiggling movement.

  3. 3.

    A small decorative embellishment.

  4. 4.

    A small musical flourish.

  5. 5.

    A tilde.

  6. 6.

    A drawn line that is curvy or twisted.

  7. 7.

    A tiny bit.

  8. 8.

    A tizzy.

v.
  1. 1.

    To wiggle, fidget or play with; to move around.

    及物

    She sat and nervously twiddled her hair while she waited.

  2. 2.

    To flip or switch two adjacent bits (binary digits).

    及物 计算机 工程 数学
  3. 3.

    To be in an equivalence relation with.

    及物 数学
  4. 4.

    To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

turn twist
动词

同义词 4

whirl twirl swirl fiddle with

上位词 4

manipulate rotate revolve go around

相关短语

twiddle one's thumbs 闲得无聊 twiddle muff twiddle muffs

词源

Unknown. Perhaps a blend of twirl, twist, or twitch; fiddle.

来源：wiktionary