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)。
Being a modest person , he was content to play second fiddle to others 作为一个谦虚者,他愿意居于他人的次要位置。
John obi mikel insists he will not play second fiddle to chelsea ' s superstars 米克尔坚持认为他将不会成为切尔西巨星的陪衬。
She is tired of being a second fiddle ; she has been e - motionally abandoned 她对处于次要地位感到厌烦;她在感情上已遭遗弃。
Both of them , however , played second fiddle to their toro rosso stable mates 不过他们两人的表现都逊色于他们红牛之队的伙伴。
Cause he s the man in the middle , never second fiddle just like a spider in a cobweb 星光下的温泉如云烟留下枫叶一片片我的爱不沦陷
“ yes … at least i did play in one for many years . but our second fiddle died . he fell into hole “是得,在很多年前。但是我们得第二演奏着死了。它摔到了一个洞里。
He was expected to play second fiddle to shevchenko , but has outstripped him in every way this season 原本想让他打舍瓦的替补,谁想到他本赛季的表现各个方面都好于舍瓦。
But however hard he works , he is unlikely to be anything more than second fiddle to cole 但是不管如何努力,他仍然不可避免地要排在阿?科尔之后,只能作为球队的左路替补。
He was no gentle lamb , and the part of second fiddle would never do for the high - pitched dominance of his nature 他并非温驯的羔羊,第二提琴手的地位跟他那力求出人头他的天性格格不久。
Unlike the french , who have sought to lead europe , most british politicians have been content to play second fiddle to america 不同与寻求领导欧洲的法国,大部分英国人甘于跟在美国后面给美国打下手。