fidget

verb
🔊/ˈfɪdʒɪt/
🔊/ˈfɪdʒɪt/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they fidget
🔊/ˈfɪdʒɪt/
🔊/ˈfɪdʒɪt/
he / she / it fidgets
🔊/ˈfɪdʒɪts/
🔊/ˈfɪdʒɪts/
past simple fidgeted
🔊/ˈfɪdʒɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈfɪdʒɪtɪd/
past participle fidgeted
🔊/ˈfɪdʒɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈfɪdʒɪtɪd/
-ing form fidgeting
🔊/ˈfɪdʒɪtɪŋ/
🔊/ˈfɪdʒɪtɪŋ/
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  1. fidget (with something) to keep moving your body, your hands or your feet because you are nervous, bored, excited, etc.坐立不安;烦躁
    • Sit still and stop fidgeting!坐好,不要动来晃去的!🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • He fidgeted nervously in his chair.他紧张地坐在椅子上烦躁不安。
    • She fidgeted with her keys as she talked.她一边说话一边不停地晃着钥匙。
    • The boy blushed and began to fidget.这个男孩脸红了,开始烦躁。
    Topics Feelingsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • nervously
    • uncomfortably
    • slightly
    preposition
    • with
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    Word Originlate 17th cent.: from obsolete or dialect fidge ‘to twitch’; perhaps related to Old Norse fikja ‘move briskly, be restless or eager’.

fidget

noun
🔊/ˈfɪdʒɪt/
🔊/ˈfɪdʒɪt/
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  1. a person who is always fidgeting坐立不安的人
    • You’re such a fidget!你真是个坐不住的人!
    Word Originlate 17th cent.: from obsolete or dialect fidge ‘to twitch’; perhaps related to Old Norse fikja ‘move briskly, be restless or eager’.