fiddle

fiddle

英 ['fɪd(ə)l]
　　美 ['fɪdl]

n. 小提琴
　　vi. 瞎搞；拉小提琴
　　vt. 虛度時光；拉小提琴

中文詞源：

fiddle 用提琴演奏，不停擺弄

詞源有爭議。來自拉丁語vitula, 管弦樂器，詞源同violin, 來自羅馬歡樂和勝利女神Vitula.引申詞義不停擺弄。

例句：

1. Police investigating a £10 million car insurance fiddle arrested 16 people yesterday.
調查涉及1,000萬英鎊的汽車保險詐騙案的警察昨天逮捕瞭16人。

2. Two of them got out to fiddle around with the engine.
其中兩人下車鼓搗引擎。

3. She hated the thought of playing second fiddle to Rose.
想到要身居羅斯之下她就很鬱悶。

4. Hardy as a young man played the fiddle at local dances.
哈迪年輕時在當地舞會上演奏小提琴。

5. He brought out the fiddle, its varnish cracked and blistered.
他取出瞭小提琴，它表面的清漆已出現裂縫，還起瞭浮泡。