Workers hired to meet roaring demand have been left twiddling their thumbs.

为满足猛增需求而被雇佣员工，现在闲得抠手。

" Wild! " he said, twiddling the replay knob on the side.

“真棒啊！”他摆弄着望远镜侧面重放旋钮，说道。

The wizard went back to the desk, sat down, and twiddled his thumbs, watching the door.

巫师返回桌边，坐下来，心在焉地玩弄着两个大拇指，望着门口。

I say that I don't want to be twiddling my thumbs.

说想玩弄拇指。

That would be twiddling your thumbs.

那将是在玩弄你拇指。

Our scriptwriter does not sit around here at ESL Podcast twiddling her thumbs.

编剧会坐在 ESL 播客上闲逛。

" To twiddle your thumbs" means to sit around and do nothing, in this case.

“To twiddle your thumbs”在种情况下意味着坐在那里什做。

" Hit me , " she said , twiddling her fingers for the cigarette .

" 给一支，" 她说，捻动手指要香烟抽。

Now, he only twiddled his thumbs.

现在，他无事可干。

He sat down and used the tweezers to twiddle some twig.

他坐下来，用镊子捻弄一些嫩枝。

I don't think people are going to be sort of sat there twiddling their thumbs.

认为人会坐在那里摆弄他拇指。

I snubbed out my cigarette and leaned back in the pink chair and twiddled my thumbs.

掐灭了香烟， 靠在粉红色椅子上， 玩弄着拇指。

" I hope one day I can make her proud, " Zetta said, twiddling her own thumbs now.

“希望有一天能让她感到骄傲，”Zetta 说，现在她拇指在停地转动。

At the peak over a fifth of European workers remained technically employed even as they twiddled their thumbs.

在巅峰时期，超过五分之一欧洲工人在无事可做时候仍然保有雇佣工作。

You mean I have to sit here twiddling my thumbs while I wait for the plane to take off?

你是说在等飞机起飞时候必须坐在里玩弄拇指？

Throughout the interview, she fidgeted about and kept twiddling the strap on her handbag, which she clutched tightly to herself.

在整个采访过程中， 她坐立安， 停地摆弄着手提包上带子，她紧紧地抓住了手提包。

Keep your knife almost in the same place and then just twiddle and roll the pip, and that is for the chef.

将你刀几乎放在同一个地方，然后旋转和滚动 pip，是给厨师。

While we waited for the car to come up she stood on the step, just as before, twiddling her foot, looking down.

在等车子开过来时候， 她像以前一样站在台阶上， 转动着她脚， 低着头。

" Because I can't: " and the lobster twiddled his horns more fiercely than ever, but he was forced to confess.

“因为能：”龙虾比以往任何时候更猛烈地转动着他角，但他被迫承认。

" I have gone temporarily deaf and haven't any idea what you said. Harry, " said Dumbledore, twiddling his thumbs and staring at the ceiling.

“一时耳聋，没听见你在说什，哈利。”邓布利多说。他玩弄着两个大拇指，眼睛瞪着天花板。