fiddles

英 [ˈfɪdlz]

美 [ˈfɪdlz]

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
fiddle的第三人称单数和复数

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。

双语例句

• In cases where a chief executive fiddles the accounts to cover losses, how it was done and the way that it hurts mutual fund investors are harder to grasp.
  而如果某位总裁通过伪造账户来掩盖损失，在这种情况下，它是如何完成的，是怎样伤害到共同基金投资者的，这些就更难理解了。
• Two-stringed fiddles are the leading instruments in most Chaozhou music performances, except for those featuring gongs and drums music.
  在演奏上除锣鼓乐外，都由二弦领奏和指挥。
• He plays the piano and fiddles a bit.
  他偶尔弹弹钢琴拉拉小提琴。
• The girl fiddles well.
  这个姑娘拉小提琴拉得好。
• The most prominent musical instruments are two-stringed fiddles and percussion instruments.
  最具特色的乐器是二弦和打击乐。
• She always fiddles with her van on the weekend.
  她在周末总是捣鼓她的货车。
• The accompanying instruments are quite simple, usually accordions, two-stringed Chinese fiddles and bamboo flutes.
  伴奏的乐器很简单，手风琴、二胡和笛子。
• In his room he fiddles with a laptop, leafs through a motorcycle magazine, and plays with a foam basketball.
  他在房间里时而胡乱摆弄着笔记本电脑，时而翻阅一本摩托车杂志，时而玩玩海绵篮球。
• A few fiddles might help, such as tougher default privacy settings on social networks.
  一些小手段可能会起些作用，如在公共网络设置更为严格的默认隐私设置。
• As he paces, he fiddles with his hands, which are famous for their dexterity and wanton behavior.
  正如他的步伐，他与他的手小提琴，这是著名的灵巧和肆意行为。