fiddle

1. V-I If you fiddle with an object, you keep moving it or touching it with your fingers. 不停擺弄

Harriet fiddled with a pen on the desk. 哈麗雅特不停地?cái)[弄桌上的一支鋼筆。

2. V-I If you fiddle with something, you change it in minor ways. 略微改動(dòng)

She told Whistler that his portrait of her was finished and to stop fiddling with it. 她告訴惠斯勒他為她畫(huà)的肖像已經(jīng)完成了，不要再改來(lái)改去了。

3. V-I If you fiddle with a machine, you adjust it. 調(diào)試

He turned on the radio and fiddled with the knob until he got a talk show. 他打開(kāi)收音機(jī)，調(diào)動(dòng)旋鈕，直到他收到了一個(gè)談話(huà)節(jié)目。

4. N-VAR Some people call violins fiddles, especially when they are used to play folk music. 小提琴

Hardy played the fiddle at local dances. 哈迪在當(dāng)?shù)氐奈钑?huì)上拉了小提琴。