diddle

diddle
verb
(informal)(非正式)

[with obj.](一般作 be diddled)cheat or swindle (someone) so as to deprive them of something
骗取；诈骗
he thought he'd been diddled out of his change.
他认为连他的零钱都被骗光了。
■deliberately falsify (something)
（故意）伪造
he diddled his income tax returns.
他伪造了他的所得税申报表。
[no obj.](chiefly US)pass time aimlessly or unproductively
(主美)闲混，浪费时间
why diddle around with slow costly tests?.
干吗把时间浪费在进度缓慢价格昂贵的试验上？。
Scots
[with obj.](vulgar slang, chiefly US)(of a man) have sexual intercourse with (a woman)
(粗俚，主美)与（女人）性交

派生
diddler
noun
语源

early 19th cent.: probably from the name of Jeremy Diddler, a character in the farce Raising the Wind (1803) by the Irish dramatist James Kenney (1780–1849). Diddler constantly borrowed and failed to repay small sums of money: the name may have been based on an earlier verb diddle 'walk unsteadily, swerve'

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