fiddle
柯林斯词典
1. V-I If you fiddle with an object, you keep moving it or touching it with your fingers. 不停擺弄
Harriet fiddled with a pen on the desk. 哈麗雅特不停地擺弄桌上的一支鋼筆。
2. V-I If you fiddle with something, you change it in minor ways. 略微改動
She told Whistler that his portrait of her was finished and to stop fiddling with it. 她告訴惠斯勒他爲她畫的肖像已經完成了,不要再改來改去了。
3. V-I If you fiddle with a machine, you adjust it. 調試
He turned on the radio and fiddled with the knob until he got a talk show. 他打開收音機,調動鏇鈕,直到他收到了一個談話節目。
4. N-VAR Some people call violins fiddles, especially when they are used to play folk music. 小提琴
Hardy played the fiddle at local dances. 哈迪在儅地的舞會上拉了小提琴。
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fiddle /ˈfɪdəl/ (fiddling,fiddled,fiddles)
剑桥词典
fiddle verb (CHEAT)
[ 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞 ] UK informalto act dishonestly in order to get something for yourself, or to change something dishonestly, especially to your advantage
(尤指爲個人利益而)用詭計獲得;篡改,偽造
She managed to fiddle a free trip to America . 她想辦法騙取了一趟去美國的免費旅行。
He had been fiddling the accounts /books /finances for years . 多年來他一直在偽造賬目/賬簿/財務狀況。
fiddle verb (MOVE ABOUT)
[ 不及物動詞:後麪不接賓語的動詞 ]to move things about or touch things with no particular purpose
無目的地撥弄(或擺弄)
Put your papers down and stop fiddling with them! 把文件放下,不要亂擺弄!
fiddle verb (INSTRUMENT)
[ 不及物動詞:後麪不接賓語的動詞 ] informalto play the violin
拉小提琴
習語
fiddle while Rome burns短語動詞
fiddle aroundfiddle (around) with sth 返回 fiddle