fiddles

美 [ˈfɪdlz]英 [ˈfɪdlz]
  • v.拉小提琴;篡改;伪造;对…做手脚;(尤指厌烦或紧张地)不断摸弄,不停摆弄
  • n.摆弄;调整;修理;欺诈;骗局;难事;骗钱行为
  • fiddle的第三人称单数和复数
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  • 1
    VERB 摆弄;拨弄
    If you fiddle with an object, you keep moving it or touching it with your fingers.

    Harriet fiddled with a pen on the desk.

    哈丽雅特摆弄着桌上的钢笔。

  • 2
    VERB 作小改动;略微变动;稍稍修改
    If you fiddle with something, you change it in minor ways.

    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。

  • 3
    VERB 调校;调整
    If you fiddle with a machine, you adjust it.

    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。

  • 4
    VERB 篡改,伪造(财务记录)
    If someone fiddles financial documents, they alter them dishonestly so that they get money for themselves.

    He's been fiddling the books...

    他一直在伪造账目。

  • 5
    N-COUNT 欺诈;诈骗
    A fiddle is a dishonest action or scheme in which someone gets money for themselves.

    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。

  • 6
    N-SING 麻烦之事;繁琐之事
    If something is a fiddle, it is quite difficult to do because it involves small or complicated objects.

    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。

  • 7
    N-VAR (尤指用于演奏民间音乐的)小提琴
    Some people call violins fiddles, especially when they are used to play folk music.

    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。

  • 8
    PHRASE 非常健康;充满活力
    Someone who is as fit as a fiddle is very healthy and full of energy.

    I'm as fit as a fiddle — with energy to spare.

    我非常健康——精力充沛。

  • 9
    PHRASE 干骗钱的勾当;诈骗
    If someone is on the fiddle, they get money by doing illegal or dishonest things.

  • 10
    PHRASE 大难临头仍歌舞升平;见危难而若无其事
    If you say that someone is fiddling while Rome burns, 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.

  • 11
    PHRASE 处于次要地位;当副手;唱配角
    If you play second fiddle to someone, your position is less important than theirs in something that you are doing together.

    She hated the thought of playing second fiddle to Rose.

    想到要身居罗斯之下她就很郁闷。

  • 12
    PHRASAL VERB 摆弄,拨弄(使运转)
    If you fiddle around or fiddle about with a machine, you do things to it to try and make it work.

    Two of them got out to fiddle around with the engine.

    其中两人下车鼓捣引擎。

  • 13
    PHRASAL VERB 虚度光阴;无所事事;瞎混
    If someone fiddles around or fiddles about, they waste time doing unimportant things instead of dealing with important problems.

    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。

  • 14
    PHRASAL VERB 对…作无谓的修改
    If you say that someone is fiddling around with or fiddling about with something, you mean that they are changing it in a way that you disapprove of.

    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。

  1. 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。

  2. The girl fiddles well .

    这个姑娘拉小提琴拉得好。

  3. She hated the thought of playing second fiddle to Rose .

    想到要身居罗斯之下她就很郁闷。

  4. 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。

  5. I 'm as fit as a fiddle — with energy to spare .

    我非常健康——精力充沛。

  6. 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。

  7. The fiddle began to twang .

    小提琴声渐起。

  8. Don 't fiddle with the rifle bolt .

    别搬弄枪栓。

  9. She plays the fiddle in the school band .

    她在学校乐队里拉小提琴。

  10. He always likes to fiddle with things .

    他手欠着呢。

  11. He learned to fiddle as a young boy .

    他自幼学小提琴。

  12. It 's a fiddle & they put different labels on the bottles and sell them at three times the proper price .

    这是一种欺诈行为&他们给这些瓶子贴上不同的标签,以三倍于通常的价格出售。

  13. He had to fiddle the figures of his company 's account in order to hide the evidence of tax evasion .

    为隐匿逃税的证据,他不得不篡改他的公司账户上的数字。

  14. She plays the fiddle well .

    她小提琴拉得好。

  15. The annual Smithsonian Festival of American Folk Life celebrates hands-hands plucking guitars and playing fiddles .

    一年一度的美国民间的“史密斯索尼安节”是赞美人的双手的节日--弹拔吉他的手,演奏小提琴的手

  16. Don 't fiddle with the typewriter .

    不要摆弄那架打字机了。

  17. It is hard to play first fiddle in a large company .

    在大公司任第一把手很难。

  18. In his eyes father plays first fiddle in the family .

    在他看来父亲在家里居首要地位。

  19. Hang up one 's fiddle when one comes home .

    在外谈笑风生,在家闷闷不乐。

  20. But it still plays second fiddle in global discussions of economic policy .

    但在经济政策的全球讨论中,亚洲仍只充当配角。

  21. In the young child 's eyes father plays second fiddle .

    在幼儿的心目中,父亲充当的是次要角色。

  22. These things help to keep me fit as a fiddle .

    这些都使我能保持身体健康。

  23. He never dreamed of playing first fiddle in the company .

    他从未妄想当公司的一把手。

  24. There 's many a good tune played on an old fiddle .

    提琴虽老,仍可奏出好的曲子;老当益壮。

  25. His family has had to play second fiddle to his political career .

    他因从政而把家庭置于次要地位。

  26. Tell me , is it difficult to play the fiddle ?

    告诉我拉小提琴难学嘛?

  27. Whether it is business or culture , Shanghai often plays second fiddle to Beijing .

    不论是在商业还是在文化方面,上海往往屈居北京之后。

  28. Children sometimes fiddle with their food , rather than eating it .

    孩子们有时候简直是在玩他们的食物,而不是吃它们。

  29. Do the fiddle and steel remind you too much of home ?

    小提琴和滑棒吉他还能让你想起家乡太多吗?

  30. Sometimes we would sit and listen to her playing the Chinese fiddle .

    有时候我们就坐下听她拉二胡。