fiddle

['fidl]

n.小提琴, 骗局
v.摆弄, 浪费, 拉小提琴

n.[C]

1. 【口】小提琴

2. 【俚】欺诈; 骗局

3. 【海】餐具框

vi.

1. 【口】拉提琴

2. 胡来, 乱动; (对机械等)盲目摆动[(+with)]

Don't fiddle with my new car.

别乱动我的新汽车。

3. 【口】游荡; 不经意地做事[(+about/around)]

Stop fiddling about.

别再闲荡了。

vt.

1. 【口】用小提琴演奏(曲调等)

2. 浪费(时间等)[(+away)]

He fiddled away the whole afternoon.

他浪费了整整一个下午。

3. 【口】用诡计获得, 骗取

4. 【口】伪造, 窜改(帐目等)

fiddle an income tax return

伪造所得税申报表

词形变化

名词: fiddler | 动词过去式: fiddled | 动词过去分词: fiddled | 动词现在分词: fiddling | 动词第三人称单数: fiddles |

词义辨析

同义:

n.小提琴

violin  viol  viola  cello

v.玩弄

twiddle  play with  fidget with  finger  toy  diddle  tinker

v.虚度光阴

trifle  dally  dillydally  dawdle  

同义参见:

dabble  monkey  play  

英英释义

名词 fiddle:

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

同义词：violin

动词 fiddle:

avoid (one's assigned duties)

同义词：shirk, shrink from, goldbrick

commit fraud and steal from one's employer

play the violin or fiddle

play on a violin

manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination

同义词：toy, diddle, play

play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly

同义词：tamper, monkey

try to fix or mend

同义词：tinker

短语词组

a face as long as a fiddle

1. 板着脸

He came back with a face as long as a fiddle.

他板着脸回来了。

fit as a fiddle

1. 非常健康

He was fit as a fiddle when he came back from abroad.

他从国外回来时身体很好。

play second fiddle

1. 居次位

I have to play second fiddle to him.

我只好给他当副手。

补充

fiddlefiddle英:[ˈfidl] 美:[ˈfɪdl]n.1.欺诈, 欺骗行为He is above meanness and fiddle.他不至于搞卑鄙和欺骗行为。2.(需要运用手指功夫的)细巧活动3.小提琴She plays the fiddle well.她小提琴拉得好。4.当第二把手, 居次要地位vt.1.伪造, 篡改He fiddled the company's accounts.他篡改了公司的账目。2.骗取3.修理或稍作改动vi.1.用手胡乱拨弄2.拉小提琴

例句

1. Hardy played the fiddle at local dances.哈迪曾在当地舞会上拉过小提琴。 2. Police are investigating a £10 million car-insurance fiddle.警方正在调查一起涉案金额达一千万英镑的汽车保险诈骗案。 3. legitimate businesses that act as covers for tax fiddles为骗税打掩护的合法企业 4. The owner of the restaurant suspected his manager of working a fiddle.饭馆老板怀疑他的经理伪造账目。 5. I found out how to fix the tray on. It's a bit of a fiddle.我知道怎么把盘子固定住了。这可是个细活。 6. The builder was on the fiddle.建筑商在骗人。 7. I am as fit as a fiddle, with energy to spare.我非常健康, 精力充沛。 8. 'I think I've lost the will to live,' she muttered, with a face as long as a fiddle.“我想我已经失去了求生的意志。”她低声说, 面色凝重。 9. The President said that Parliament was fiddling while Rome burns.总统称国会在火烧眉毛之际仍无所事事。 10. Harrison had always played second fiddle to Lennon and McCartney in the Beatles.哈里森在披头士乐队中总是给列侬和麦卡特尼当陪衬。 11. He's been fiddling the books.他一直在伪造账目。 12. Stop fiddling your expenses account.不要再在开支账户上动手脚了。 13. He fiddled his time away.他把时间都浪费了。 14. He fiddled his way into a position of trust.他用诡计谋得了要职。 15. He first fiddled in public at the age of six.他六岁时第一次登台演奏小提琴。 16. He fiddled in his pocket for his pipe.他的手在衣袋里摸摸索索找烟斗。 17. to fiddle away the whole day浪费一整天 18. to fiddle with the hem of the skirt瞎摆弄裙子的折边 19. to fiddle with the accounts伪造账目 20. They fiddled in other governments.他们插手他国政府的事务。 21. a major mortgage fiddle.抵押大骗局。 22. inserting a tape is a bit of a fiddle.插入磁带略嫌麻烦。 23. Lena fiddled with her cup.莉娜不安地摆弄着她的杯子。 24. 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。 25. everyone is fiddling their expenses.人人都在谎报支出。 26. she had to play second fiddle to the interests of her husband.她不得不迁就她丈夫的喜好。 27. a tax fiddle逃税 28. He sat nervously, fiddling with a pencil.他紧张地坐着，手里不停地摆弄着铅笔。 29. She fiddled her expenses form.她篡改了开支报表。 30. an expert with/on the fiddle小提琴方面的专家 31. arrested for a tax fiddle因骗税被逮捕 32. a former star athlete who is not happy to play second fiddle as he nears the end of his career即将结束体育生涯却不乐意退居次要地位的前明星运动员 33. He's not happy to play second fiddle to the younger players on the team.他不乐意给队里比他年轻的队员们打下手。 34. Nero fiddled while Rome burned.罗马城大火时，尼禄却在弹琴作乐。 35. a fiddling competition小提琴演奏比赛 36. fiddle [=fudge] the accounts/books篡改账目/账簿 37. They spent hours just fiddling [=fooling] around when they should have been working.在本应该工作的时间里，他们却吊儿郎当，虚度光阴。 38. She was nervously fiddling with her pen as she waited for the test to start.在等待考试开始之际，她紧张地摆弄着她的钢笔。 39. "He was fiddling [=tinkering] with the controls of the television, trying to get it to work."他在摆弄电视机的控制装置，想把它打开。 40. It became clear that someone had fiddled [=tampered] with the equipment.很明显有人胡乱动过这个设备。 41. an expert/champion fiddler小提琴演奏专家/冠军 42. (Brit) tax fiddlers [=people who lie to avoid paying taxes]骗税者