fiddle

fiddle /'fidl/
  • danh từ
    • (thông tục); buồm) khoan moan (hàng hải) cái chèn, cái chốt, cái chặn
    • (từ lóng) ngón lừa bịp; vố lừa bịp
    • face as long as a fiddle
      • mặt buồn dài thườn thượt
    • fit as as fiddle
      • khoẻ như vâm, rất sung sức
    • to hang up one's fiddle
      • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) ngừng làm việc
    • to hang up one's fiddle when one comes home
      • ra ngoài thì tươi như hoa, về nhà thì mặt sưng mày sỉa
    • to play first fiddle
      • giữ vai trò chủ đạo
    • to play second fiddle
      • ở địa vị phụ thuộc
  • ngoại động từ
    • kéo viôlông (bài gì)
    • (+ away) lãng phí, tiêu phí
      • to fiddle away one's time: lãng phí thì giờ, làm vớ vẩn mất thì giờ
  • nội động từ
    • chơi viôlông; ((đùa cợt); guội gãi viôlông; cò cử viôlông
    • ((thường) + about, at, with...) nghịch vớ vẩn, làm trò vớ vẩn
      • to fiddle with a piece of string: nghịch vớ vẩn mẩu dây
      • to fiddle about: đi vớ vẩn, đi chơi rong; ăn không ngồi rồi
    • (từ lóng) lừa bịp
    • thán từ
      • vớ vẩn!
    Lĩnh vực: giao thông & vận tải
     tấm chặn
    fiddle block
     khối chèn (trên boong tàu)
    fiddle drill
     khoan kéo tay

    Xem thêm: violin, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick, toy, diddle, play, tamper, monkey, tinker



    fiddle

    Từ điển WordNet

      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; violin

      v.

    • avoid (one's assigned duties); shirk, shrink from, goldbrick

      The derelict soldier shirked his duties

    • commit fraud and steal from one's employer

      We found out that she had been fiddling for years

    • play the violin or fiddle
    • play on a violin

      Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely

    • manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination; toy, diddle, play

      She played nervously with her wedding ring

      Don't fiddle with the screws

      He played with the idea of running for the Senate

    • play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly; tamper, monkey

      Someone tampered with the documents on my desk

      The reporter fiddle with the facts

    • try to fix or mend; tinker

      Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right

      She always fiddles with her van on the weekend

    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    fiddles|fiddled|fiddling
    syn.: diddle goldbrick monkey play shirk shrink from tamper tinker toy violin