fiddle-faddle

英 [ˈfɪd.əl.stɪks]      美 [ˈfɪd.əl.stɪks]
  • adj. 琐碎的;无聊的
  • n. 无聊事;懒人
  • int. 无聊!
  • vi. 瞎搞
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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.
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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