fidget
verb [intransitive]- 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 Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc2He fidgeted nervously in his chair. 他紧张地在椅子上坐立不安。 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. 男孩脸红了,开始坐立不安。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- nervously
- uncomfortably
- slightly
- …
- with
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from obsolete or dialect fidge ‘to twitch’; perhaps related to Old Norse fikja ‘move briskly, be restless or eager’.