Fidget
['fɪdʒɪt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion; 'he's got the fidgets'; 'waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness'.
(verb.) move restlessly; 'The child is always fidgeting in his seat'.
亨廷顿編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To move uneasily one way and the other; to move irregularly, or by fits and starts.
(n.) Uneasiness; restlessness.
(n.) A general nervous restlessness, manifested by incessant changes of position; dysphoria.
手打:曼弗雷德
同義詞及近義詞：
v. n. Fret, chafe, worry, be uneasy, be restive, be impatient, worry one's self.
n. Uneasiness, restlessness, impatience, fidgetiness.
校對:塔玛拉
解釋/意思:
v.i. to be unable to rest: to move uneasily:—pr.p. fidg′eting; pa.p. fidg′eted.—n. irregular motion: restlessness: (pl.) general nervous restlessness with a desire of changing the position.—v.i. Fidge to move about restlessly: to be eager.—n. Fidg′etiness.—adj. Fidg′ety restless: uneasy.
校對:蒂米
例句/造句/用法:
- Edith remained to fidget about. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Very good, I thought; you may fume and fidget as you please: but this is the best plan to pursue with you, I am certain. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- When you feel it in your stomach, your attention wanders, and you begin to fidget. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- She began at length to recover, to fidget about in her chair, get up, sit down again, wonder, and bless herself. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Don't fidget yourself, and I'll arrange it all. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- His lordship was overheard by Lambton, who began to fidget about and redden, and appear very uneasy. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- But they are also, in widely different ways, rather nervous and sensitive; and you would only fidget one and alarm the other to no purpose. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- More than once he fidgeted with his feet and tapped rapidly with his fingers upon the wall. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- I fidgeted silently in my place on the sand. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Porter fidgeted in his armchair. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- My lady fidgeted in her chair, and changed the subject. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Our guide there fidgeted about as if he had swallowed a spring mattress. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- He hemmed--he fidgeted. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The European Secretary pulled nervously at his moustache and fidgeted with the seals of his watch-chain. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Mrs. Bennet was quite in the fidgets. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Yes, it's about her, and though it's a little thing, it fidgets me. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- O, that's just one of Mammy's fidgets! 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- But there was no doing any thing, with Mr. Elton fidgeting behind her and watching every touch. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Will began sheepishly, with his eyes and his fingers fidgeting on the back of a chair; but he grew in height, and in consequence, as he went on. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Now, she never will be done fidgeting and worrying about that husband of hers. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
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