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.- Harriet fiddled with a pen on the desk.
哈丽雅特摆弄着桌上的钢笔。
- Harriet fiddled with a pen on the desk.
- VERB 作小改动;略微变动;稍稍修改
If youfiddle withsomething, 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。
- She told Whistler that his portrait of her was finished and to stop fiddling with it.
- VERB 调校;调整
If youfiddle witha 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。
- He turned on the radio and fiddled with the knob until he got a talk show.
- VERB 篡改,伪造(财务记录)
If someonefiddlesfinancial 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。 - Stop fiddling your expenses account.
不要再在开支账户上动手脚了。
- He's been fiddling the books...
- N-COUNT 欺诈;诈骗
Afiddleis 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。 - ...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.
- 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.- 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。
- I found out how to fix the tray on — a bit of a fiddle.
- 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.- 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。
- Hardy as a young man played the fiddle at local dances.
- PHRASE 非常健康;充满活力
Someone who is asfit as a fiddleis 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。
- I'm as fit as a fiddle — with energy to spare.
- 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.- She hated the thought of playing second fiddle to Rose.
想到要身居罗斯之下她就很郁闷。
- She hated the thought of playing second fiddle to Rose.
- 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.- Two of them got out to fiddle around with the engine.
其中两人下车鼓捣引擎。
- Two of them got out to fiddle around with the engine.
- 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.- 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。
- He wants lawmakers to basically stop fiddling around as the country moves closer to breaking up...
- 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.- 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。
- Right now in Congress, they're fiddling around with the budget and so on...
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - Guitars, banjos and violins also known as fiddles give country music its characteristic sound.
吉他、五弦琴和小提琴(violin又名fiddle)可弹奏出乡村音乐的特殊音色。 - He plays the piano and fiddles a bit.
他偶尔弹弹钢琴拉拉小提琴。 - A second type is carved on the screws of fiddles, since most dragons are fond of music.
第二种类型是雕刻在小提琴的旋钮上,因为多数龙喜欢音乐。 - The boy fiddles away for 3 hours every morning.
那男孩每天早上连续拉3小时的小提琴。 - The girl fiddles well.
这个姑娘拉小提琴拉得好。 - He fiddles with his papers on the table.
他抚弄着桌子上那些报纸。 - 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。 - 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。