1. bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
同義詞:violin
動詞fiddle:
1. avoid (one's assigned duties)
同義詞:shirk, shrink from, goldbrick
2. commit fraud and steal from one's employer
3. play the violin or fiddle
4. play on a violin
5. manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
同義詞:toy, diddle, play
6. play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
同義詞:tamper, monkey
7. try to fix or mend
同義詞:tinker
- 習慣用語
- as fit as a fiddle 精神飽滿, 身體極好
- as fine as a fiddle 精神飽滿, 身體極好
- hang up one's fiddle 隱退; 洗手不乾了
- hang up one's fiddle anywhere 適應任何環境; 隨遇而安
- hang up one's fiddle when one comes home 在外談笑風生, 回家板起面孔
- play first fiddle 擔任第一小提琴手; 居首要職位, 當第一把手
- play second fiddle 擔任第二小提琴手; 居次要職位, 做第二把手, 充當副手
- play third fiddle 跑龍套; 做無足輕重的角色, 當第三把手
- fiddle about 虛度光陰, 鬼混 擺弄, 玩弄
- fiddle around 虛度光陰, 鬼混 擺弄, 玩弄
- fiddle away 浪費(時間等)
- fiddle with 玩弄, 摸弄