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If someone is fidgety, their body will not stay quiet. They tap a pen, swing a foot, shift in the chair, pick at a sleeve. The usual reason is or nerves — a long class, a wait outside the dentist, a talk they do not want to give. It is a slightly critical word, but a soft one: teachers and parents use it about children, and people use it about themselves with a small apology. It names the restless movement, not an illness. Though actually, a fidgety person is not always being naughty; sometimes they are trying to think, or trying not to show they are worried.
坐不住、靜不下來(因為無聊或緊張)
組成From fidget + -y. Fidget is the small restless movement; -y turns it into an adjective.
同家族的字
- fidgetthe verb and noun underneath — those little restless movements, or a person who keeps making them
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
fidgetyadj/ˈfɪd͡ʒɪti/
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Having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget; restless.
- I did not feel sea-sick at all. But as the days passed, I became fidgety. I felt shy even in speaking to the steward. […]
- A fidgety child can easily knock over the drink and burn the two of you.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。