twiddly

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Capable of being finely or idly adjusted with the fingers. informal
    — Radio – with its buttons and twiddly knobs and white noise in between – is on the tip of a huge wave of change, courtesy of the Internet.
  2. Having an elaborately twisted form. informal
    — The design of an indicator is often — indeed usually — thought to be the business of the engineer, perhaps aided by someone — an artist or a "stylist" — who adds an aesthetic touch, a twiddly bit, a strip of chromium, a dash of paint, or better still several dashes in clashing colours, of which a bilious yellow will be one.
  3. In music, having a rapid series of musical notes. informal
    — There are moments when the band sounds oddly like its acoustic predecessor, and there are some feints at free jazz, but the most curious episode, unlike any other live Miles I know, is a long spacey improvisation using wood flute, related less to the twiddly studio jams than to the ritual atmospherics of Chicago's creative-music vanguard.

词形变化

twiddlier comparative twiddliest superlative

词源

From twiddle + -y.
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