"twiddle one's thumbs" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [英语]

Audio: En-au-twiddle one's thumbs.ogg Forms: twiddles one's thumbs, twiddling one's thumbs, twiddled one's thumbs
  1. 使大拇指压在另一个大拇指上 (闲着或等待时玩弄手指的时候的动作)
    Sense id: zh-twiddle_one's_thumbs-en-verb-g6G6FAzt
  2. 闲着,干等,无所事事 Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: zh-twiddle_one's_thumbs-en-verb-HWjuFI9M Categories (other): 英語俗語
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (等待): bide one's time, hold one's horses,见Thesaurus:wait Synonyms (闲着): fool around, lallygag, loaf about,见Thesaurus:loiter Synonyms (闲着,干等,无所事事): sit on one's hands
Categories (other): 英語動詞, 英語詞元, 英語謂語

Download JSONL data for twiddle one's thumbs meaning in All languages combined (1.8kB)

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        "第三人稱單數簡單現在時"
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          "text": "He twiddled his thumbs for almost a week while he waited for somebody to set up his computer.",
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