4VERB 篡改,伪造(财务记录) If someone fiddles financial documents, they alter them dishonestly so that they get money for themselves. 篡改,伪造(财务记录) [British, informal]
6N-SING [aNOUN]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. 麻烦之事;繁琐之事 [British, informal]
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。
7N-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. (尤指用于演奏民间音乐的)小提琴
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。
SYN violin
8PHRASE 非常健康;充满活力 Someone who is as fit as a fiddle is very healthy and full of energy. 非常健康;充满活力
9PHRASE [verb-link PHRASE]干骗钱的勾当;诈骗 If someone is on the fiddle, they get money by doing illegal or dishonest things. 干骗钱的勾当;诈骗 [British, informal]
10PHRASE [VERB inflects]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. 大难临头仍歌舞升平;见危难而若无其事
11PHRASE 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. 处于次要地位;当副手;唱配角
She hated the thought of playing second fiddle to Rose.
想到要身居罗斯之下她就很郁闷。
12PHRASAL 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. 摆弄,拨弄(使运转)
Two of them got out to fiddle around with the engine.
其中两人下车鼓捣引擎。
13PHRASAL 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. 虚度光阴;无所事事;瞎混
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。
14PHRASAL 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. 对…作无谓的修改
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.