| 单词 | fidget |
| 释义 | fid·get1 /ˈfɪdʒɪt/ verb [intransitive] MOVE/CHANGE POSITIONto keep moving your hands or feet, especially because you are bored or nervous 〔尤因厌烦或紧张〕坐立不安，手足无措 The kids had started to fidget. 孩子们开始坐立不安起来。fidget with Stop fidgeting with your pens! 别拿钢笔晃来晃去的！► see thesaurus at move→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusfidget• At the postgame press conference he brought his glove, sat it on the table in front of him and commenced fidgeting.• Hardin fidgeted and stood on his toes to better his view.• She glared at the little boy, who had started fidgeting in his chair.• In the sitting room, Alida Thorne sat and fidgeted, like a parlourmaid banished below-stairs.• A few students fidgeted nervously in their chairs.• Diana fidgeted nervously with her pencil.• The small audience had begun to fidget on their rickety folded chairs.• Stop fidgeting, Sally, and pay attention.• They fidget, sit on their feet and fold little fingers around stubby pencils, sweating out an exercise in mathematics.• Antoine sat, colours still fidgeting through his crown, that smile still lighting his face.• He fidgeted through speeches by his wife, Camille, and Rep.• The manager was waiting for her at the desk, deftly fidgeting with a half-stuffed peregrine falcon.fidget2 noun [countable] informal MOVE/CHANGE POSITIONsomeone who is unable to sit or stand still 坐立不安的人Examples from the Corpusfidget• Michael's younger sister found him a fidget in church and thought it was fidgeting to excess.• So delighted with the little moral scene was she that she sat on til recess at 12: 30 without a fidget.• She watched him seeing it all, feeling it all, assimilating his surroundings with no fidget or fluster.• The empty air was still vibrating slightly with the suppressed fidgets of children.Origin fidget1 (1600-1700) fidge “to move uncontrollably” ((16-19 centuries))fid·get1 verbfidget2 nounChineseSyllable keep moving feet, Corpus or to your hands |
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