fiddle

verb

1. （尤指厌烦或紧张地）不断摸弄，不停摆弄
   to keep touching or moving sth with your hands, especially because you are bored or nervous
   1. He was fiddling with his keys while he talked to me.
      和我谈话时他不停地摆弄钥匙。
2. 篡改；伪造；对…做手脚
   to change the details or figures of sth in order to try to get money dishonestly, or gain an advantage
   1. to fiddle the accounts
      篡改账目
   2. 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。
3. 拉小提琴
   to play music on the violin

noun

noun

1. 欺诈；骗钱行为；骗局
   something that is done dishonestly to get money
   1. an insurance/tax, etc. fiddle
      保险、纳税等骗局
2. 修理；调整；摆弄
   an act of moving sth or adjusting sth in order to make it work
3. 难事
   something that is difficult to do

1. VERB 摆弄;拨弄
   If you fiddle with an object, you keep moving it or touching it with your fingers.
   1. 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.
   1. 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.
   1. 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.
   1. He's been fiddling the books...
      他一直在伪造账目。
   2. Stop fiddling your expenses account.
      不要再在开支账户上动手脚了。
5. N-COUNT 欺诈;诈骗
   A fiddle is a dishonest action or scheme in which someone gets money for themselves.
   1. 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。
   2. ...legitimate businesses that act as covers for tax fiddles.
      为骗税打掩护的合法企业
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.
   1. 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.
   1. 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.
   1. I'm as fit as a fiddle — with energy to spare.
      我非常健康——精力充沛。
9. 干骗钱的勾当;诈骗
   If someone is on the fiddle, they get money by doing illegal or dishonest things.
10. 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.
    1. 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.
    1. 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.
    1. 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。
    2. He wastes time fiddling about with minor matters.
       他把时间都浪费在鸡毛蒜皮的小事上。
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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。

1. Harriet fiddled with a pen on the desk.
   哈丽雅特摆弄着桌上的钢笔。
2. 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. 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. Stop fiddling your expenses account.
   不要再在开支账户上动手脚了。
5. 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。
6. I'm as fit as a fiddle — with energy to spare.
   我非常健康——精力充沛。
7. She hated the thought of playing second fiddle to Rose.
   想到要身居罗斯之下她就很郁闷。
8. He wastes time fiddling about with minor matters.
   他把时间都浪费在鸡毛蒜皮的小事上。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. The fiddle began to twang.
    小提琴声渐起。
12. 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。
13. Don't fiddle with the rifle bolt.
    别搬弄枪栓。
14. He always likes to fiddle with things.
    他手欠着呢。
15. 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。
16. She plays the fiddle in the school band.
    她在学校乐队里拉小提琴。
17. He learned to fiddle as a young boy.
    他自幼学小提琴。
18. 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。
19. He is as fit as a fiddle though he is already seventy.
    尽管已经七十岁了，他还是非常健康。
20. I once asked Anne-Sophie Mutter, the great violinist, what had made her choose the fiddle.
    我曾经问过著名小提琴家安娜-苏菲穆特，到底是什么让她选择了提琴。
21. You've been playing your fiddle too much!
    你的把戏玩得太过分了。
22. Don't fiddle with my new car.
    别乱动我的新汽车。
23. I have no intention of playing second fiddle to the new director, so I've resigned.
    我不想当新董事的副手，所以辞职了。
24. After years of playing second fiddle, Marcia became the top violinist.
    在第二小提琴组中演奏多年之后，马西娅成了最优秀的小提琴演奏家。
25. He gave us a tune on his fiddle.
    他用小提琴给我们奏了一个曲子。
26. He heard the sound of the fiddle on the village green.
    他听见了村里草地上的提琴声。
27. I have already told you don't fiddle with my things!
    我早已经告诉过你&不要乱动我的东西！
28. You see that monkey yonder dancing to the fiddle?
    你看见那只对着小提琴跳舞的猴子了吗？
29. The cat and the fiddle.
    猫和小提琴。
30. We're musicians, he picks a banjo, I got a fiddle.
    我们是音乐家，他弹班卓琴，我拉小提琴。

fiddle about/around

1. 虚度光阴；瞎混
   to spend your time doing things that are not important
   1. He was fiddling with his keys while he talked to me.
      和我谈话时他不停地摆弄钥匙。

fiddle about/around with sth

fiddle with sth

1. 不断摆弄；不停对…作小修小改
   to keep touching sth or making small changes to sth because you are not satisfied with it
2. 拨弄，摆弄（为改变或修理某物）
   to touch or move the parts of sth in order to try to change it or repair it

n.

be on the fiddle

• 搞骗钱勾当
  to be doing sth dishonest to get money

play second fiddle (to sb/sth)

• 当第二把手；居次要地位；当副手
  to be treated as less important than sb/sth; to have a less important position than sb/sth else

(as) fit as a fiddle

• 非常健康
  in very good physical condition

noun

1. bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family

   Synonym:    violin

verb

1. try to fix or mend
   1. Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right
   2. She always fiddles with her van on the weekend

   Synonym:    tinker

2. play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
   1. Someone tampered with the documents on my desk
   2. The reporter fiddle with the facts

   Synonym:    tampermonkey

3. manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
   1. She played nervously with her wedding ring
   2. Don't fiddle with the screws
   3. He played with the idea of running for the Senate

   Synonym:    toydiddleplay

4. play on a violin
   1. Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely

5. play the violin or fiddle

6. commit fraud and steal from one's employer
   1. We found out that she had been fiddling for years

7. avoid (one's assigned duties)
   1. The derelict soldier shirked his duties

   Synonym:    shirkshrink fromgoldbrick