fiddle
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they fiddle | |
| he / she / it fiddles | |
| past simple fiddled | |
| past participle fiddled | |
| -ing form fiddling |
- [intransitive] fiddle (with something)
to keep touching or moving something with your hands, especially because you are bored or nervous （尤指厌烦或紧张地）不断摸弄，不停摆弄 - [transitive] fiddle something (informal)
to change the details or figures of something in order to try to get money dishonestly or gain an advantage 篡改；伪造；对…做手脚 to fiddle the accounts 篡改账目 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。
- [intransitive] (informal)
to play music on the violin 拉小提琴
Word OriginOld English fithele, denoting a violin or similar instrument (originally not an informal or depreciatory term), related to Dutch vedel and German Fiedel, based on Latin vitulari ‘celebrate a festival, be joyful’, perhaps from Vitula, the name of a Roman goddess of joy and victory. Compare with viol.