fiddle n. 1.〔口語(yǔ)〕提琴,提琴類(lèi)樂(lè)器。 2.【航?!糠朗称鳚L落的餐具框、欄。 3.欺騙行為。 as fit as a fiddle [flea] 神采奕奕。 hang up the fiddle 隱退;住手不干。 hang up one's fiddle when one comes home 在外談笑興致高,回家悶頭睡懶覺(jué)。 have a face as long as a fiddle 板著面孔。 play first fiddle 做領(lǐng)頭人,當(dāng)?shù)谝话咽?,帶頭。 play second fiddle 做第二把手,充當(dāng)副手。 play third fiddle 當(dāng)?shù)谌咽?,?dāng)配角。 int. = fiddle sticks. vt. 1.用提琴演奏。 2.虛度(時(shí)光)。 3.〔俚語(yǔ)〕欺騙,偽造(賬目等)。 vi. 1.〔口語(yǔ)〕拉提琴。 2.虛度光陰,鬼混。 3.(胡亂地,神經(jīng)質(zhì)地)摸弄;玩弄,瞎擺弄。 F- while Rome is burning. 盡管大難臨頭,依然歌舞升平。 Stop fiddling around and get to work. 別再鬼混,去干活吧! fiddle about [around] 閑逛,混日子。 fiddle with (胡亂)玩弄,撫摸(He keeps fiddling with the dials on the radio, he is sure to put it out of order. 他老是玩弄收音機(jī)上的刻度盤(pán),一定會(huì)把它弄壞的)。
around adv. 1.周?chē)?,四面?2.〔美口〕各處,四處。 3.左近,在附近。 4. 圍著,環(huán)繞。 5. 向相反方向。 6. 循環(huán)重現(xiàn);旋轉(zhuǎn)。 7. 恢復(fù)知覺(jué)。 8. 活躍著。 9. 到(談話雙方都熟悉的)某地。 Trauel around from place to place 周游。 look around 環(huán)視,四顧。 sit around a table 圍著桌子坐。 a car circling around 一輛在兜著圈子的車(chē)。 Will you please wait around for me 請(qǐng)?jiān)诟浇任液脝幔?Turn around! You're going the wrong way. 轉(zhuǎn)回來(lái),你走錯(cuò)路了! The column measures two feet around. 這根柱子周長(zhǎng)2英尺。 She hasn't been around lately. 她最近不活躍了。 He came around to see me. 他到這里來(lái)看我。 bring sb. around 使某人恢復(fù)知覺(jué)。 all around 四處,到處;全面地 (shook hands all around 一一握手)。 all the year around 整年 (mild all the year around 一年四季都很溫暖)。 be around 〔美口〕起床;走動(dòng) (He's up and around now. 他起來(lái)走動(dòng)了)。 fool around 〔口語(yǔ)〕吊兒郎當(dāng)。 hang around 在附近徘徊。 have been around (a lot) 〔口語(yǔ)〕見(jiàn)識(shí)(很)多;世故(很)深。 the other way around 〔美國(guó)〕從相反方向;用相反方式。 1.在周?chē)瑖?;繞過(guò)。 2.〔美口〕在近處,在附近;前后,左右,差不多。 3.〔美口〕到處。 4.在那邊。 5.朝著各個(gè)方向。 6.在(某人)身邊。 around here 在這邊。 around the corner 〔美國(guó)〕在拐角那里(= 〔英國(guó)〕 round the corner)。 roam around the country 漫游全國(guó)。 stay around the house 總不離家。 around four o'clock 四點(diǎn)前后。 travel around the world 作環(huán)球旅行。 leave the books around the house 在房子里到處亂丟書(shū)。 the few men around the despot 暴君身邊寥寥可數(shù)的幾個(gè)人。 get around 繞過(guò)(障礙),解決(困難),回避(事實(shí))。
He fiddled around with the engine for hours 他胡亂擺弄那臺(tái)發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)達(dá)數(shù)小時(shí)之久。
Peter : well, they have a point, but i'd rather go in for something a bit more interesting than fiddling around with figures all day 彼得:嗯,他們的確有道理,但我寧愿做些較有趣的工作,而不是整天埋頭于無(wú)聊的數(shù)字堆中。
After he fiddled around with these numbers and so forth, he diagnosed everybody who sent him the blood samples in as having cancer and syphilis 在他把機(jī)器上的數(shù)字瞎搞一遍后,他把送來(lái)血樣本的每個(gè)人都診斷為得了癌癥或梅毒,不過(guò)他有能治愈這些疾病的良藥,每貼藥只要100美元。”
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fiddle around withとは意味:~をあれこれいじくりまわす、~をちょっといじってみる I didn't get to sleep until 2:30 because I was fooling [fiddling] around with my new VCR last night. 昨晩は VCR をあれこれといじくりまわしているうちに時(shí)間がたってしまって寢るのが2時(shí)半になってしまった。