Fidget

(noun.) a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion; 'he's got the fidgets'; 'waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness'.

(verb.) move restlessly; 'The child is always fidgeting in his seat'.

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• Edith remained to fidget about. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Very good, I thought; you may fume and fidget as you please: but this is the best plan to pursue with you, I am certain. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• When you feel it in your stomach, your attention wanders, and you begin to fidget. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• She began at length to recover, to fidget about in her chair, get up, sit down again, wonder, and bless herself. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Don't fidget yourself, and I'll arrange it all. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• His lordship was overheard by Lambton, who began to fidget about and redden, and appear very uneasy. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• But they are also, in widely different ways, rather nervous and sensitive; and you would only fidget one and alarm the other to no purpose. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• More than once he fidgeted with his feet and tapped rapidly with his fingers upon the wall. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• I fidgeted silently in my place on the sand. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Porter fidgeted in his armchair. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• My lady fidgeted in her chair, and changed the subject. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Our guide there fidgeted about as if he had swallowed a spring mattress. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• He hemmed--he fidgeted. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The European Secretary pulled nervously at his moustache and fidgeted with the seals of his watch-chain. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Mrs. Bennet was quite in the fidgets. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Yes, it's about her, and though it's a little thing, it fidgets me. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• O, that's just one of Mammy's fidgets! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• But there was no doing any thing, with Mr. Elton fidgeting behind her and watching every touch. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Will began sheepishly, with his eyes and his fingers fidgeting on the back of a chair; but he grew in height, and in consequence, as he went on. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Now, she never will be done fidgeting and worrying about that husband of hers. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.

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