fidget
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /ˈfɪd͡ʒ.ɪt/
美 /ˈfɪd͡ʒ.ɪt/
英文释义
名词 n.
- A nervous wriggling or twitching motion.
- A person who fidgets, especially habitually.
- An object, such as a tool or toy, intended to be fidgeted with.
- Short for fidget house.
动词 v.
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To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly.
— "Look, Jim, how my fingers fidget," he continued, in the pleading tone. "I can't keep e'm still, not I."
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To cause to fidget; to make uneasy.
— “Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster.
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
From fidge (“to fidget”) + *-et (frequentative ending), possibly from Middle English *-ten, from Old English -ettan.
词源 2
From fidge (“to fidget”) + *-et (frequentative ending), possibly from Middle English *-ten, from Old English -ettan.
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