词义：twiddling 是动词 twiddle 的现在分词形式，表示用手指或手腕迅速的旋转、摇晃或拨动某物。
词性：动词现在分词形式。
词组搭配：twiddle one’s thumbs，表示做无事可做的事情；twiddle with something，表示摆弄某物。
短语：无。
发音拼写：/?tw?d?l??/
七个相关的中英文翻译例句：
1. He was twiddling his pen while thinking about the problem.（他一边想问题，一边摆弄着笔。）
2. The guitarist was twiddling the s on his amplifier to get the perfect sound.（吉他手正在调整音箱上的旋钮，以获得完美的声音。）
3. She was twiddling her hair nervously during the interview.（她面试时很紧张，一边神经质地拨弄着头发。）
4. The child was twiddling the TV remote control, trying to find his favorite cartoon.（孩子一直在拨弄电视遥控器，试图找到他最喜欢的卡通片。）
5. He was twiddling his thumbs because he had nothing to do.（他无所事事，只能做些无聊的事情。）
6. She was twiddling with her necklace absent-mindedly.（她心不在焉地摆弄着她的项链。）
7. He was twiddling his wedding ring, lost in thought.（他在沉思中转动着他的婚戒。）
twiddling的中文翻译为“扭动”，读音为/tw?dl??/。
例句：
1. She sat in the waiting room, twiddling her thumbs nervously.
她坐在候诊室里，紧张地大拇指。
2. He was twiddling with the s of the radio, trying to find a clear station.
他在扭动收音机的旋钮，试图找到一个清晰的电台。
3. The children were twiddling their pencils and looking out the window, bored with the lesson.
孩子们手拿铅笔，无聊地，看着窗外，对课程失去了兴趣。
twiddling通常被翻译为”捻弄、心不在焉地”的意思，还有的现在分词的意思，在线读音是[?tw?dl??]，在英语中以名词出现较多，在《英语自学简明词典》中，共找到35个与twiddling相关的例句。
1.捻弄
例句:She was twiddling the ring on her finger. (她摆弄着手指上的戒指。)
2.心不在焉地
例句:Or are we just sitting around here twiddling our thumbs for nothing? (还是我们只是坐在这儿 摆弄我们的大拇指求什么？)
3.的现在分词
例句:he had plucked a blue floweret , and was twiddling it against the sky. (他折了一朵小蓝花，将它对着天空转来转去。)
twiddling一般作为名词使用，如在twiddling line(小船横舵柄绳)、twiddling string([网络]。弦)等常见短语中出现较多。
twiddling line小船横舵柄绳twiddling string[网络]。弦1. he had plucked a blue floweret , and was twiddling it against the sky. (翻译:他折了一朵小蓝花，将它对着天空转来转去。)
2. She finds a secretary’s job very boring-some days there’s almost no work for her at all, and she just sits there twiddling her thumbs. (翻译:她觉得当秘书很乏味――有时几乎无事可做，因此只是坐在那里抚弄大拇指玩。)
3. The man was twiddling with his moustaches. (翻译:那个男子在捻弄着小胡子。)
4. Yep, here we are, just twiddling our thumbs. (翻译:是啊 我们还在这里消磨时间 Yep, here we are, just twiddling our thumbs.)
5. He was sitting all over a small rocking chair, twiddling his thumbs and smiling, with his feet on the fender. (翻译:他整个身躯坐到摇椅上，边捻弄著手指边微笑，双脚搁在炉围上。)
6. Nothing. She was twiddling her thumbs, acting her dizzy age. (翻译:老眼昏花 只知道坐在椅子上无聊地转姆指 She was twiddling her thumbs, acting her dizzy age.)
7. Various page elements like images may have to time out, as well, so you could be stuck twiddling your thumbs waiting for a site to resolve. (翻译:各种各样的网页元素，如图片，可能一样要等待超时，因此你可能需要在桌面敲着手指来等待网站的解析。)
8. She had sat there twiddling nervously with the clasp of her handbag. (翻译:她坐在那里紧张地旋弄着手提包的搭扣。)
9. After backing down from that initiative, an adviser says, Mr Nazarbayev would have looked foolish just twiddling his thumbs. (翻译:在那次失利后，一位提议者说，如果纳扎尔巴耶夫先生闲着旋弄手指的话会显得很愚蠢。)
10. Grandet sat twiddling his thumbs, lost in calculation the results of which were to astonish Saumur one day. (翻译:葛朗台坐在一边把大拇指绕动了四小时，想着明天会教索漠全城吃惊的计算，出神了。)
11. “You did ask to be informed when he arrived, ” said John, twiddling with his corded belt. (翻译:“是你自己说当他来的时候要通知你的。”强尼玩弄着他的领带说。)
12. You will see a dealer in barrel business sitting at his door twiddling his thumbs as he gossips with a neighbour. (翻译:你也可看到一个做酒桶生意的商人，两只大拇指绕来绕去，坐在门口跟邻居谈天。)
13. She saw Manya twiddling a young green chestnut leaf under her nose. (翻译:她看到玛尼娅在鼻子底下捻弄着一片新绿的栗树叶子。)
14. I’m just going to be hanging around twiddling my thumbs. (翻译:我正要无所事事地旋弄拇指。)
15. When I blasted by, you were sitting in the driveway twiddling your thumbs, thinking about your meaningless life. (翻译:我疾驶而过时 你坐在车道上玩弄手指 边想着你毫无意义的人生)
twiddling作为名词的时候，其近义词以及反义词有0、twiddle/1、i/s、twiddlings等。
