fidgeted

英 [ˈfɪdʒɪtɪd]

美 [ˈfɪdʒɪtɪd]

v.  坐立不安; 烦躁
fidget的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 坐立不安;烦躁
  If youfidget, you keep moving your hands or feet slightly or changing your position slightly, for example because you are nervous, bored, or excited.
  1. Brenda fidgeted in her seat.
     布伦达在座位上烦躁不安。
  2. Fidget aroundandfidget aboutmean the same asfidget.
     fidget around 和 fidget about 同 fidget
  3. There were two new arrivals, fidgeting around, waiting to ask questions.
     有两个新来的人坐立不安地等着提问。
• VERB (由于紧张或无聊)摆弄，拨弄
  If youfidget withsomething, you keep moving it or touching it with your fingers with small movements, for example because you are nervous or bored.
  1. He fidgeted with his tie...
     他摆弄着领带。
  2. The priest fidgeted nervously with his black rosary beads.
     牧师紧张地拨弄着他的黑色念珠。

双语例句

• This time and the following night the wives fidgeted feebly, and tried to say something.
  这一次还有次日晚上妻子们略微有点心烦意乱，她们都有话要说。
• They fidgeted with his notes, played with the buttons of his shirt, and drummed on the lectern.
  他的手一会儿在摆弄他的演讲稿，一会儿在抚弄衬衫上的扣子，一会儿又在讲台上敲打。
• The priest fidgeted nervously with his black rosary beads.
  牧师紧张地拨弄着他的黑色念珠。
• He fidgeted with his notes while lecturing.
  他在讲座时不停地摆弄稿子。
• We were miserable because we had no way of knowing if we were doing well: we read out our essays to bored dons who would yawn while fellow students fidgeted.
  我们痛苦，因为我们无法知道自己做得好不好：我们把论文读给百无聊赖的导师，他们打着哈欠，而同学们则坐立不安。
• It may be drunk through a straw, which is fidgeted with, and used to stir the drink between sips.
  喜欢摆弄吸管，还喜欢时不时用吸管搅动一下杯中的饮料。
• An old man who sold tobacco, seeing that I was taking a picture of him, got fidgeted and hurriedly adjusted his clothes in embarrassment.
  那位卖烟草的大爷，发现我在拍他，立刻露出笑容，不好意思地整理了一下衣服；
• The prime minister's toe fidgeted with a wrinkle in the carpet.
  首相的脚尖时不时地拨弄地毯的一处皱褶。
• She fidgeted in her chair as she took a deep, tremulous breath.
  她在椅子上坐立不安，轻颤着深吸了一口气。
• He fidgeted with his tie
  他摆弄着领带。