fiddle n. 1.〔口语〕提琴,提琴类乐器。 2.【航海】防食器滚落的餐具框、栏。 3.欺骗行为。 as fit as a fiddle [flea] 神采奕奕。 hang up the fiddle 隐退;住手不干。 hang up one's fiddle when one comes home 在外谈笑兴致高,回家闷头睡懒觉。 have a face as long as a fiddle 板着面孔。 play first fiddle 做领头人,当第一把手,带头。 play second fiddle 做第二把手,充当副手。 play third fiddle 当第三把手,当配角。 int. = fiddle sticks. vt. 1.用提琴演奏。 2.虚度(时光)。 3.〔俚语〕欺骗,伪造(账目等)。 vi. 1.〔口语〕拉提琴。 2.虚度光阴,鬼混。 3.(胡乱地,神经质地)摸弄;玩弄,瞎摆弄。 F- while Rome is burning. 尽管大难临头,依然歌舞升平。 Stop fiddling around and get to work. 别再鬼混,去干活吧! fiddle about [around] 闲逛,混日子。 fiddle with (胡乱)玩弄,抚摸(He keeps fiddling with the dials on the radio, he is sure to put it out of order. 他老是玩弄收音机上的刻度盘,一定会把它弄坏的)。
around adv. 1.周围,四面。 2.〔美口〕各处,四处。 3.左近,在附近。 4. 围着,环绕。 5. 向相反方向。 6. 循环重现;旋转。 7. 恢复知觉。 8. 活跃着。 9. 到(谈话双方都熟悉的)某地。 Trauel around from place to place 周游。 look around 环视,四顾。 sit around a table 围着桌子坐。 a car circling around 一辆在兜着圈子的车。 Will you please wait around for me 请在附近等我好吗? Turn around! You're going the wrong way. 转回来,你走错路了! The column measures two feet around. 这根柱子周长2英尺。 She hasn't been around lately. 她最近不活跃了。 He came around to see me. 他到这里来看我。 bring sb. around 使某人恢复知觉。 all around 四处,到处;全面地 (shook hands all around 一一握手)。 all the year around 整年 (mild all the year around 一年四季都很温暖)。 be around 〔美口〕起床;走动 (He's up and around now. 他起来走动了)。 fool around 〔口语〕吊儿郎当。 hang around 在附近徘徊。 have been around (a lot) 〔口语〕见识(很)多;世故(很)深。 the other way around 〔美国〕从相反方向;用相反方式。 1.在周围,围着;绕过。 2.〔美口〕在近处,在附近;前后,左右,差不多。 3.〔美口〕到处。 4.在那边。 5.朝着各个方向。 6.在(某人)身边。 around here 在这边。 around the corner 〔美国〕在拐角那里(= 〔英国〕 round the corner)。 roam around the country 漫游全国。 stay around the house 总不离家。 around four o'clock 四点前后。 travel around the world 作环球旅行。 leave the books around the house 在房子里到处乱丢书。 the few men around the despot 暴君身边寥寥可数的几个人。 get around 绕过(障碍),解决(困难),回避(事实)。
He fiddled around with the engine for hours 他胡乱摆弄那台发动机达数小时之久。
Monica : yeah , i ' ve just been fiddling around in here making delicious treats for everyone 是啊,我正好在这里闲着,就做点美味的点心给大家
Peter : well , they have a point , but i ' d rather go in for something a bit more interesting than fiddling around with figures all day 彼得:嗯,他们的确有道理,但我宁愿做些较有趣的工作,而不是整天埋头于无聊的数字堆中。
Real programmers spend 70 % of their work day fiddling around and then get more done in the other 30 % than a user could get done in a week 真正的程序员把70 %的工作日耗在周围的琐事上,另外30 %时间内做的事比一个用户一周干的还多。
After two to three weeks of fiddling around , sauce - dan . com finally looks usable . but there are still some stuff i ' d like to improve on . not anytime soon though 搞了整整两三个星期, “酱团”大致上来说已是完成了。不过尚有些细节我想改进的说。 。 。
After he fiddled around with these numbers and so forth , he diagnosed everybody who sent him the blood samples in as having cancer and syphilis 在他把机器上的数字瞎搞一遍后,他把送来血样本的每个人都诊断为得了癌症或梅毒,不过他有能治愈这些疾病的良药,每贴药只要100美元。 ”