fiddling

英 [ˈfɪdlɪŋ]

美 [ˈfɪdlɪŋ]

adj.  琐碎的; 繁琐的
v.  (尤指厌烦或紧张地)不断摸弄，不停摆弄; 篡改; 伪造; 对…做手脚; 拉小提琴
fiddle的现在分词

现在分词：fiddling　

TEM8

BNC.33031 / COCA.31166

牛津词典

adj.

• 琐碎的；繁琐的
  small, unimportant and often annoying

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 诈骗;伪造账目
  Fiddlingis the practice of getting money dishonestly by altering financial documents.
  1. Salomon's fiddling is likely to bring big trouble for the firm.
     萨洛蒙伪造账目可能会给公司带来***烦。
• (尤指民乐的)小提琴演奏
  Violin playing, especially in folk music, is sometimes referred to asfiddling.
• ADJ-GRADED 麻烦的;繁琐的
  You can describe something asfiddlingif it is small, unimportant, or difficult to do.
  1. ...the daunting amount of fiddling technical detail.
     令人生畏的大量繁琐的技术细节

英英释义

adj

• (informal) small and of little importance
  1. a fiddling sum of money
  2. a footling gesture
  3. our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war
  4. a little (or small) matter
  5. a dispute over niggling details
  6. limited to petty enterprises
  7. piffling efforts
  8. giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction
  Synonym:footlinglilliputianlittlenigglingpiddlingpifflingpettypicayunetrivial

双语例句

• I was fiddling in the fields. I'm wasting my life in this place.
  我在田地里虚度年华。
• Stop fiddling your expenses account.
  不要再在开支账户上动手脚了。
• I spent about two hours just fiddling about.
  我闲荡了约有两个钟头。
• Someone's been fiddling with the accounts. There is some money missing.
  有人在帐目上弄虚做假，少了一些钱。
• He sat nervously fiddling with his spectacles.
  他坐在那里神经质地不断摆弄自己的眼镜。
• An old man was fiddling away at the street corner. Keep straight along this path for three blocks.
  有个老头一直在街角拉小提琴。沿这条小路一直走三个街区。
• He was fiddling about with the car engine.
  他在摆弄汽车发动机。
• Iran says it is fiddling with uranium and plutonium to produce more electricity.
  伊朗轻描淡写的说利用铀和钚可以更多发电。
• Richard was fiddling with the Ford's radio.
  理查德在摆弄这辆福特车里的收音机。
• Stop fiddling about and do some work.
  别再瞎混了，做点事吧。