fidget

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈfɪd͡ʒ.ɪt/    /ˈfɪd͡ʒ.ɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A nervous wriggling or twitching motion. countable
  2. A person who fidgets, especially habitually. countable,informal
  3. An object, such as a tool or toy, intended to be fidgeted with. countable
  4. Short for fidget house. abbreviation,alt-of,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly. intransitive
    — "Look, Jim, how my fingers fidget," he continued, in the pleading tone. "I can't keep e'm still, not I."
  2. To cause to fidget; to make uneasy. transitive
    — “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.

词形变化

fidgets present,singular,third-person fidgeting participle,present fidgetting participle,present,rare fidgeted participle,past fidgeted past fidgetted participle,past,rare fidgetted past,rare fidgets plural

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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