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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   fiddle

   • IPA[ˈfid(ə)l]

   美式

   • n.
     a violin, especially when used to play folk music.；an act of defrauding, cheating, or falsifying
   • v.
     play the fiddle；play (a tune) on the fiddle

   • verb: fiddle, 3rd person present: fiddles, gerund or present participle: fiddling, past tense: fiddled, past participle: fiddled

   • noun: fiddle, plural noun: fiddles

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. informal a violin, especially when used to play folk music. 同義詞 violin, viola, cello, double bass, historicalkit
   • 2. British informal an act of defrauding, cheating, or falsifying a major mortgage fiddle 同義詞 fraud, swindle, fix, wangle, confidence trick, ... 更多ruse, wile, piece of deception, bit of sharp practice, informalracket, con trick, flimflam, sting
   • 3. a contrivance, such as a raised rim, that prevents things from rolling or sliding off a table in bad weather.

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. play the fiddle he fiddled with the band from 1949 to 1951 country music with lots of fiddling and banjo playing
   • ▪ play (a tune) on the fiddle Bill Monroe fiddled his last tune at his annual Beanblossom Bluegrass Festival
   • 2. touch or fidget with something in a restless or nervous way Laura fiddled with her cup 同義詞 fidget, play, toy, twiddle, fuss, ... 更多fool around, trifle, finger, thumb, handle, feel, touch, waste time, act aimlessly, informalmess around, paw
   • ▪ tinker with something in an attempt to make minor adjustments or improvements never fiddle with an electric machine that's plugged in 同義詞 tinker, play around, tamper, meddle, interfere, ... 更多monkey, adjust
   • ▪ pass time aimlessly, without doing or achieving anything of substance.
   • 3. British falsify (figures, data, or records), typically in order to gain money everyone is fiddling their expenses 同義詞 falsify, manipulate, massage, rig, distort, ... 更多pervert, misrepresent, juggle, doctor, alter, tamper with, interfere with, informalcook, fix, diddle, finagle, flimflam, cook the books

   片語

   • fiddle while Rome burns
   • fit as a fiddle
   • on the fiddle
   • play second fiddle to