twiddles
v. (心不在焉地)捻弄( twiddle的第三人稱單數 )
If you twiddle something, you twist it or turn it quickly with your fingers.
He twiddled a knob on the dashboard...
他轉動著儀表板上的一個旋鈕。
She had sat there twiddling nervously with the clasp of her handbag.
她坐在那裡緊張地擺弄著手提包的扣鉤。
So are the linguistic twiddles.
作者對文字的拿捏也很有意思.