fiddle中文

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fiddle
/ 5fidl /

◙ noun
1. [informal] a violin
• [非正式] 小提琴
2. (informal, chiefly Brit.)an act of defrauding, cheating, or falsifying
• [非正式，主英] 欺骗，欺诈；伪造；骗局
»a major mortgage fiddle.
  抵押大骗局。
3. [informal] a small task that seems awkward and unnecessarily complex
• [非正式] 繁琐的小麻烦
»inserting a tape is a bit of a fiddle.
  插入磁带略嫌麻烦。
4. [Nautical] a contrivance, such as a raised rim, that prevents things from rolling or sliding off a table in bad weather
• [航海] 餐桌围框
◙ verb, [informal] [非正式]
1. [no obj.] touch or fidget with something in a restless or nervous way
• （紧张、不安地）抚弄，摆弄，拨弄
»Lena fiddled with her cup.
  莉娜不安地摆弄着她的杯子。
  tinker with something in an attempt to make minor adjustments or improvements
• （为稍加调整或改进而）摆弄，倒腾
»he sat in the car and played the radio, fiddling with the knobs.
  他坐在车里拨弄着收音机的旋钮收听广播。
  (fiddle around)pass time aimlessly, without doing or achieving anything of substance
• 虚度光阴，混时间
2. [with obj.] (chiefly Brit.)falsify (figures, data, or records), typically in order to gain money
• [主英] （尤指为赚钱而）伪造，篡改，谎报（数字，数据，记录）
»everyone is fiddling their expenses.
  人人都在谎报支出。
3. [no obj.] (archaic)play the violin
• [古] 拉小提琴

【IDIOMS】

◘ fiddle while Rome burns
1. be concerned with relatively trivial matters while ignoring the serious or disastrous events going on around one
• 只顾小事，不看大局
◘ (as) fit as a fiddle
1. in very good health
• 非常健康
◘ on the fiddle
1. [informal] engaged in cheating or swindling
• [非正式] 行骗
◘ play second fiddle to
1. take a less important and subordinate role to someone or something in a way often considered demeaning
• 屈居人下；屈从；迁就
»she had to play second fiddle to the interests of her husband.
她不得不迁就她丈夫的喜好。

【语源】

1. Old English fithele, denoting a violin or similar instrument (originally not an informal or depreciatory term), related to Dutch vedel and German Fiedel, based on Latin vitulari 'celebrate a festival, be joyful', perhaps from Vitula, the name of a Roman goddess of joy and victory.
--› compare viol