fiddle

fiddle
noun

(informal)a violin
(非正式)小提琴
(informal, chiefly Brit.)an act of defrauding, cheating, or falsifying
(非正式，主英)欺骗，欺诈；伪造；骗局
a major mortgage fiddle.
抵押大骗局。
(informal)a small task that seems awkward and unnecessarily complex
(非正式)繁琐的小麻烦
inserting a tape is a bit of a fiddle.
插入磁带略嫌麻烦。
(Nautical)a contrivance, such as a raised rim, that prevents things from rolling or sliding off a table in bad weather
(航海)餐桌围框

verb
(informal)(非正式)

[no obj.]touch or fidget with something in a restless or nervous way
（紧张、不安地）抚弄，摆弄，拨弄
Lena fiddled with her cup.
莉娜不安地摆弄着她的杯子。
■tinker with something in an attempt to make minor adjustments or improvements
（为稍加调整或改进而）摆弄，倒腾
he sat in the car and played the radio, fiddling with the knobs.
他坐在车里拨弄着收音机的旋钮收听广播。
■(fiddle around)pass time aimlessly, without doing or achieving anything of substance
虚度光阴，混时间
[with obj.](chiefly Brit.)falsify (figures, data, or records), typically in order to gain money
(主英)（尤指为赚钱而）伪造，篡改，谎报（数字，数据，记录）
everyone is fiddling their expenses.
人人都在谎报支出。
[no obj.](archaic)play the violin
(古)拉小提琴

常用词组
fiddle while Rome burns

be concerned with relatively trivial matters while ignoring the serious or disastrous events going on around one
只顾小事，不看大局

(as) fit as a fiddle

on the fiddle

play second fiddle to

take a less important and subordinate role to someone or something in a way often considered demeaning
屈居人下；屈从；迁就
she had to play second fiddle to the interests of her husband.
她不得不迁就她丈夫的喜好。

语源

Old 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

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