fiddle
英 [ˈfɪdl]
美 [ˈfɪdl]
v. (尤指厌烦或紧张地)不断摸弄,不停摆弄; 篡改; 伪造; 对…做手脚; 拉小提琴
n. 欺诈; 骗钱行为; 骗局; 修理; 调整; 摆弄; 难事
现在分词:fiddling 过去式:fiddled 复数:fiddles 过去分词:fiddled 第三人称单数:fiddles
Collins.1 / BNC.8776 / COCA.11650
短语动词
fiddle around
1. 鼓捣,摆弄(机器,使其运转) 2. 乱改;对…作无谓的修改
短语用例
fiddle about/around
- 虚度光阴;瞎混
to spend your time doing things that are not important- He was fiddling with his keys while he talked to me.
和我谈话时他不停地摆弄钥匙。
- He was fiddling with his keys while he talked to me.
fiddle about/around with sth
fiddle with sth
- 不断摆弄;不停对…作小修小改
to keep touching sth or making small changes to sth because you are not satisfied with it - 拨弄,摆弄(为改变或修理某物)
to touch or move the parts of sth in order to try to change it or repair it
习惯用语
n.
- be on the fiddle
- 搞骗钱勾当
to be doing sth dishonest to get money play second fiddle (to sb/sth) - 当第二把手;居次要地位;当副手
to be treated as less important than sb/sth; to have a less important position than sb/sth else (as) fit as a fiddle - 非常健康
in very good physical condition
牛津词典
verb
- (尤指厌烦或紧张地)不断摸弄,不停摆弄
to keep touching or moving sth with your hands, especially because you are bored or nervous- He was fiddling with his keys while he talked to me.
和我谈话时他不停地摆弄钥匙。
- He was fiddling with his keys while he talked to me.
- 篡改;伪造;对…做手脚
to change the details or figures of sth in order to try to get money dishonestly, or gain an advantage- to fiddle the accounts
篡改账目 - She fiddled the books (= changed a company's financial records) while working as an accountant.
她当会计时对账簿做了手脚。
- to fiddle the accounts
- 拉小提琴
to play music on the violin
noun
noun
- 欺诈;骗钱行为;骗局
something that is done dishonestly to get money- an insurance/tax, etc. fiddle
保险、纳税等骗局
- an insurance/tax, etc. fiddle
- 修理;调整;摆弄
an act of moving sth or adjusting sth in order to make it work - 难事
something that is difficult to do
柯林斯词典
- VERB 摆弄;拨弄
If youfiddle withan object, you keep moving it or touching it with your fingers.- Harriet fiddled with a pen on the desk.
哈丽雅特摆弄着桌上的钢笔。
- Harriet fiddled with a pen on the desk.
- VERB 作小改动;略微变动;稍稍修改
If youfiddle withsomething, you change it in minor ways.- She told Whistler that his portrait of her was finished and to stop fiddling with it.
她告诉惠斯勒他给她画的肖像已经完成,不要再改了。
- She told Whistler that his portrait of her was finished and to stop fiddling with it.
- VERB 调校;调整
If youfiddle witha machine, you adjust it.- He turned on the radio and fiddled with the knob until he got a talk show.
他打开收音机,拨动旋钮,直至调到一个脱口秀节目。
- He turned on the radio and fiddled with the knob until he got a talk show.
- VERB 篡改,伪造(财务记录)
If someonefiddlesfinancial documents, they alter them dishonestly so that they get money for themselves.- He's been fiddling the books...
他一直在伪造账目。 - Stop fiddling your expenses account.
不要再在开支账户上动手脚了。
- He's been fiddling the books...
- N-COUNT 欺诈;诈骗
Afiddleis a dishonest action or scheme in which someone gets money for themselves.- Police investigating a £10 million car insurance fiddle arrested 16 people yesterday.
调查涉及 1,000 万英镑的汽车保险诈骗案的警察昨天逮捕了 16 人。 - ...legitimate businesses that act as covers for tax fiddles.
为骗税打掩护的合法企业
- Police investigating a £10 million car insurance fiddle arrested 16 people yesterday.
- N-SING 麻烦之事;繁琐之事
If something isa fiddle, it is quite difficult to do because it involves small or complicated objects.- I found out how to fix the tray on — a bit of a fiddle.
我知道该怎么把这盘子固定住了——有点麻烦。
- I found out how to fix the tray on — a bit of a fiddle.
- N-VAR (尤指用于演奏民间音乐的)小提琴
Some people call violinsfiddles, especially when they are used to play folk music.- Hardy as a young man played the fiddle at local dances.
哈迪年轻时在当地舞会上演奏小提琴。
- Hardy as a young man played the fiddle at local dances.
- PHRASE 非常健康;充满活力
Someone who is asfit as a fiddleis very healthy and full of energy.- I'm as fit as a fiddle — with energy to spare.
我非常健康——精力充沛。
- I'm as fit as a fiddle — with energy to spare.
- 干骗钱的勾当;诈骗
If someone ison the fiddle, they get money by doing illegal or dishonest things. - 大难临头仍歌舞升平;见危难而若无其事
If you say that someoneis fiddling whileRomeburns, you mean that they are not dealing with a difficult or dangerous situation but instead are doing useless things or pretending that nothing is wrong. - PHRASE 处于次要地位;当副手;唱配角
If youplay second fiddleto someone, your position is less important than theirs in something that you are doing together.- She hated the thought of playing second fiddle to Rose.
想到要身居罗斯之下她就很郁闷。
- She hated the thought of playing second fiddle to Rose.
- PHRASAL VERB 摆弄,拨弄(使运转)
If youfiddle aroundorfiddle aboutwith a machine, you do things to it to try and make it work.- Two of them got out to fiddle around with the engine.
其中两人下车鼓捣引擎。
- Two of them got out to fiddle around with the engine.
- PHRASAL VERB 虚度光阴;无所事事;瞎混
If someonefiddles aroundorfiddles about, they waste time doing unimportant things instead of dealing with important problems.- He wants lawmakers to basically stop fiddling around as the country moves closer to breaking up...
国家在日益走向分裂,他希望立法者们再不要无所事事了。 - He wastes time fiddling about with minor matters.
他把时间都浪费在鸡毛蒜皮的小事上。
- He wants lawmakers to basically stop fiddling around as the country moves closer to breaking up...
- PHRASAL VERB 对…作无谓的修改
If you say that someone isfiddling around withorfiddling about withsomething, you mean that they are changing it in a way that you disapprove of.- Right now in Congress, they're fiddling around with the budget and so on...
此时在国会,他们正就预算案等等瞎折腾。 - One always wonders when a man starts fiddling about with his Will.
一个人开始把遗嘱改来改去时总让人感到诧异。
- Right now in Congress, they're fiddling around with the budget and so on...
英英释义
noun
- bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family
verb
- try to fix or mend
- Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right
- She always fiddles with her van on the weekend
- play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
- Someone tampered with the documents on my desk
- The reporter fiddle with the facts
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- She played nervously with her wedding ring
- Don't fiddle with the screws
- He played with the idea of running for the Senate
- play on a violin
- Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely
- play the violin or fiddle
- commit fraud and steal from one's employer
- We found out that she had been fiddling for years
- avoid (one's assigned duties)
- The derelict soldier shirked his duties
双语例句
- She plays the fiddle in the school band.
她在学校乐队里拉小提琴。 - He gave us a tune on his fiddle.
他用小提琴给我们奏了一个曲子。 - The cat and the fiddle.
猫和小提琴。 - He wastes time fiddling about with minor matters.
他把时间都浪费在鸡毛蒜皮的小事上。 - We're musicians, he picks a banjo, I got a fiddle.
我们是音乐家,他弹班卓琴,我拉小提琴。 - One always wonders when a man starts fiddling about with his Will.
一个人开始把遗嘱改来改去时总让人感到诧异。 - She told Whistler that his portrait of her was finished and to stop fiddling with it.
她告诉惠斯勒他给她画的肖像已经完成,不要再改了。 - Stop fiddling your expenses account.
不要再在开支账户上动手脚了。 - Hardy as a young man played the fiddle at local dances.
哈迪年轻时在当地舞会上演奏小提琴。 - He always likes to fiddle with things.
他手欠着呢。