twiddle

UK
/ˈtwɪd.əl/
US
/ˈtwɪd.əl/
twiddleглагол
twiddled
Прошедшее простое время
twiddled
Причастие прошедшего времени
twiddling
Герундий
UK
/ˈtwɪd.əl/
US
/ˈtwɪd.əl/
Переводы
She tends to twiddle her hair when she's nervous.
Она склонна крутить волосы, когда нервничает.
He likes to twiddle his pen during meetings.
Он любит вертеть ручку во время встреч.
Дополнительные переводы
Определения
To twist, move, or fiddle with something in a purposeless or nervous manner.
She twiddled her pen while waiting for the meeting to start.
To adjust or manipulate something in a minor way.
He twiddled the radio dial until he found his favorite station.
Intransitive: to spend time idly or aimlessly; to fiddle about without purpose.
I twiddled around the house all afternoon instead of starting my homework.
twiddleсуществительное
twiddles
множ.
UK
/ˈtwɪd.əl/
US
/ˈtwɪd.əl/
Переводы
With a quick twiddle, she adjusted the radio to her favorite station.
С быстрым поворотом она настроила радио на свою любимую станцию.
He sat there in silence, lost in thought, with a constant twiddle of his pen.
Он сидел в тишине, погруженный в мысли, с постоянным верчением ручки.
Дополнительные переводы
Определения
A small, insignificant action or movement, often involving the fingers.
He sat there with a twiddle of his thumbs, waiting for the meeting to start.
A twist or turn, especially one made with the fingers.
She gave the knob a quick twiddle to adjust the volume.
Computing slang: the tilde (~) character.
In the command line, a twiddle often represents the user's home directory.
Mathematics, digital signal processing: a complex multiplicative factor (an Nth root of unity) used in Fast Fourier Transform algorithms.
The FFT implementation precomputes twiddles to speed up the computation.
twiddleприлагательное
UK
/ˈtwɪd.əl/
US
/ˈtwɪd.əl/
Used attributively in technical contexts (e.g., "twiddle factor")
Определения
Relating to or involving a minor adjustment, especially in technical contexts; used attributively.
The algorithm applies a set of twiddle factors to the data.