fiddle
基本释义
- n.
- 小提琴; [航]桌面柜; 〈非〉胡扯，无聊; 欺诈，欺骗行为
- vi.
- 拉小提琴; 神经质地摆弄手指或手; 瞎搞，胡混; 干预，篡改
- vt.
- 用提琴演奏（乐曲）; 欺诈，欺骗; 伪造
实用例句
an insurance/tax, etc. fiddle
保险、纳税等骗局
牛津词典
He was fiddling with his keys while he talked to me.
和我谈话时他不停地摆弄钥匙。
牛津词典
to fiddle the accounts
篡改账目
牛津词典
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。
牛津词典
I've been fiddling about with this design for ages.
我不断地修改这个设计已经好长时间了。
牛津词典
Who's been fiddling with the TV again?
谁又在摆弄电视机了？
牛津词典
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。
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。
Two of them got out to fiddle around with the engine.
其中两人下车鼓捣引擎。
She hated the thought of playing second fiddle to Rose.
想到要身居罗斯之下她就很郁闷。
I'm as fit as a fiddle — with energy to spare.
我非常健康——精力充沛。
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。
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。
...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.
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。
Stop fiddling your expenses account.
不要再在开支账户上动手脚了。
He's been fiddling the books...
他一直在伪造账目。
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。
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。
Harriet fiddled with a pen on the desk.
哈丽雅特摆弄着桌上的钢笔。
Don't fiddle with the typewriter.
不要摆弄那架打字机了.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
She plays the fiddle well.
她小提琴拉得好.
《简明英汉词典》
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
老当益壮.
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英英释义
1. bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
1. avoid (one's assigned duties);
"The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
2. commit fraud and steal from one's employer;
"We found out that she had been fiddling for years"
3. play the violin or fiddle
4. play on a violin;
"Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely"
5. 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"
6. 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"
7. 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"