fiddle-faddle

英 ['fidlfædl] 美
  • adj. 琐碎的;无聊的
  • n. 无聊事;懒人
  • int. 无聊!
  • vi. 瞎搞
近义词 stupidity

英英释义


1. trivial nonsense

实用场景例句


That sounds like fiddle - faddle double - talk , but I don't know any less recursive way to say it.
这听起来似乎很无聊,不知所云.但是,我不知道不太绕口的说法.

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双语例句


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。

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2. Two of them got out to fiddle around with the engine.
其中两人下车鼓捣引擎。

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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。

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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。

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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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英文词源


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.

词态变化


第三人称单数: fiddle-faddles;过去式: fiddle-faddled;过去分词: fiddle-faddled;现在分词: fiddle-faddling;