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fiddle-faddle的意思

fiddle-faddle

英 ['fidlfædl] 美

adj. 琐碎的；无聊的
n. 无聊事；懒人
int. 无聊！
vi. 瞎搞

fiddle-faddle

英文词源

fiddle-faddle: 1570s, "trifles" (n.); 1630s "busy oneself with trifles; talk nonsense" (v.), apparently a reduplication of obsolete faddle "to trifle," or of fiddle in its contemptuous sense.

双语例句

1. Police investigating a £10 million car insurance fiddle arrested 16 people yesterday.: 调查涉及1,000万英镑的汽车保险诈骗案的警察昨天逮捕了16人。

2. Two of them got out to fiddle around with the engine.: 其中两人下车鼓捣引擎。

3. She hated the thought of playing second fiddle to Rose.: 想到要身居罗斯之下她就很郁闷。

4. Hardy as a young man played the fiddle at local dances.: 哈迪年轻时在当地舞会上演奏小提琴。

5. He brought out the fiddle, its varnish cracked and blistered.: 他取出了小提琴，它表面的清漆已出现裂缝，还起了浮泡。

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