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　

TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.8776 / COCA.11650

短语动词

短语用例

fiddle about/around

• 虚度光阴；瞎混
  to spend your time doing things that are not important
  1. He was fiddling with his keys while he talked to me.
     和我谈话时他不停地摆弄钥匙。

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
  1. He was fiddling with his keys while he talked to me.
     和我谈话时他不停地摆弄钥匙。
• 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
  1. to fiddle the accounts
     篡改账目
  2. 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。
• 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
  1. an insurance/tax, etc. fiddle
     保险、纳税等骗局
• 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.
  1. Harriet fiddled with a pen on the desk.
     哈丽雅特摆弄着桌上的钢笔。
• VERB 作小改动;略微变动;稍稍修改
  If youfiddle withsomething, you change it in minor ways.
  1. 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。
• VERB 调校;调整
  If youfiddle witha machine, you adjust it.
  1. 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。
• VERB 篡改，伪造(财务记录)
  If someonefiddlesfinancial documents, they alter them dishonestly so that they get money for themselves.
  1. He's been fiddling the books...
     他一直在伪造账目。
  2. Stop fiddling your expenses account.
     不要再在开支账户上动手脚了。
• N-COUNT 欺诈;诈骗
  Afiddleis a dishonest action or scheme in which someone gets money for themselves.
  1. 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。
  2. ...legitimate businesses that act as covers for tax fiddles.
     为骗税打掩护的合法企业
• 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.
  1. 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。
• 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.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 非常健康;充满活力
  Someone who is asfit as a fiddleis very healthy and full of energy.
  1. I'm as fit as a fiddle — with energy to spare.
     我非常健康——精力充沛。
• 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.
  1. She hated the thought of playing second fiddle to Rose.
     想到要身居罗斯之下她就很郁闷。
• 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.
  1. Two of them got out to fiddle around with the engine.
     其中两人下车鼓捣引擎。
• 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.
  1. 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。
  2. He wastes time fiddling about with minor matters.
     他把时间都浪费在鸡毛蒜皮的小事上。
• 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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family
  Synonym:violin

verb

• try to fix or mend
  1. Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right
  2. She always fiddles with her van on the weekend
  Synonym:tinker
• play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
  1. Someone tampered with the documents on my desk
  2. The reporter fiddle with the facts
  Synonym:tampermonkey
• manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
  1. She played nervously with her wedding ring
  2. Don't fiddle with the screws
  3. He played with the idea of running for the Senate
  Synonym:toydiddleplay
• play on a violin
  1. Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely
• play the violin or fiddle
• commit fraud and steal from one's employer
  1. We found out that she had been fiddling for years
• avoid (one's assigned duties)
  1. The derelict soldier shirked his duties
  Synonym:shirkshrink fromgoldbrick

双语例句

• 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。
• He brought out the fiddle, its varnish cracked and blistered.
  他取出了小提琴，它表面的清漆已出现裂缝，还起了浮泡。
• She plays the fiddle in the school band.
  她在学校乐队里拉小提琴。
• He wastes time fiddling about with minor matters.
  他把时间都浪费在鸡毛蒜皮的小事上。
• I once asked Anne-Sophie Mutter, the great violinist, what had made her choose the fiddle.
  我曾经问过著名小提琴家安娜-苏菲穆特，到底是什么让她选择了提琴。
• I'm as fit as a fiddle — with energy to spare.
  我非常健康——精力充沛。
• Don't fiddle with the rifle bolt.
  别搬弄枪栓。
• I have already told you don't fiddle with my things!
  我早已经告诉过你&不要乱动我的东西！
• He is as fit as a fiddle though he is already seventy.
  尽管已经七十岁了，他还是非常健康。
• He learned to fiddle as a young boy.
  他自幼学小提琴。