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fid·dle
/ˈfɪdḷ/
小提琴(vt.)虛度時光,拉小提琴(vi.)拉小提琴,瞎搞
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Fid·dle
n.
1.
Mus.
A
stringed
instrument
of
music
played
with
a
bow
;
a
violin
;
a
kit
.
2.
Bot.
A
kind
of
dock
(
Rumex pulcher
)
with
fiddle-shaped
leaves
; --
called
also
fiddle dock
.
3.
Naut.
A
rack
or
frame
of
bars
connected
by
strings
,
to
keep
table
furniture
in
place
on
the
cabin
table
in
bad
weather
.
Fiddle beetle
Zool.
,
a
Japanese
carabid
beetle
(
Damaster blaptoides
); --
so
called
from
the
form
of
the
body
.
Fiddle block
Naut.
,
a
long
tackle
block
having
two
sheaves
of
different
diameters
in
the
same
plane
,
instead
of
side
by
side
as
in
a
common
double
block
. --
Knight
.
Fiddle bow
,
fiddlestick
.
Fiddle fish
Zool.
,
the
angel
fish
.
Fiddle head
,
See
fiddle head
in
the
vocabulary
.
Fiddle pattern
,
a
form
of
the
handles
of
spoons
,
forks
,
etc
.,
somewhat
like
a
violin
.
Scotch fiddle
,
the
itch
. (
Low
)
To play first fiddle
,
or
To play second fiddle
,
to
take
a
leading
or
a
subordinate
part
. [
Colloq
.]
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Fid·dle
,
v. i.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Fiddled
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Fiddling
]
1.
To
play
on
a
fiddle
.
Themistocles
. . .
said
he
could
not
fiddle
,
but
he
could
make
a
small
town
a
great
city
.
--
Bacon
.
2.
To
keep
the
hands
and
fingers
actively
moving
as
a
fiddler
does
;
to
move
the
hands
and
fingers
restlessy
or
in
busy
idleness
;
to
trifle
.
Talking
,
and
fiddling
with
their
hats
and
feathers
.
--
Pepys
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Fid·dle
v. t.
To
play
(
a
tune
)
on
a
fiddle
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
fiddle
n
:
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
[
syn
:
violin
]
v
1:
avoid
(
one's
assigned
duties
); "
The
derelict
soldier
shirked
his
duties
" [
syn
:
shirk
,
shrink from
,
goldbrick
]
2:
commit
fraud
and
steal
from
one's
employer
; "
We
found
out
that
she
had
been
fiddling
for
years
"
3:
play
the
violin
or
fiddle
4:
play
on
a
violin
; "
Zuckerman
fiddled
that
song
very
nicely
"
5:
manipulate
manually
or
in
one's
mind
or
imagination
; "
She
played
nervously
with
her
wedding
ring
"; "
Don't
fiddle
with
the
screws
"; "
He
played
with
the
idea
of
running
for
the
Senate
" [
syn
:
toy
,
diddle
,
play
]
6:
play
around
with
or
alter
or
falsify
,
usually
secretively
or
dishonestly
; "
Someone
tampered
with
the
documents
on
my
desk
"; "
The
reporter
fiddle
with
the
facts
" [
syn
:
tamper
,
monkey
]
7:
try
to
fix
or
mend
; "
Can
you
tinker
with
the
T.V.
set--it's
not
working
right
"; "
She
always
fiddles
with
her
van
on
the
weekend
" [
syn
:
tinker
]
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