fiddling

英 [ˈfɪdlɪŋ]

美 [ˈfɪdlɪŋ]

adj.  琐碎的; 繁琐的
v.  (尤指厌烦或紧张地)不断摸弄，不停摆弄; 篡改; 伪造; 对…做手脚; 拉小提琴
fiddle的现在分词

现在分词：fiddling　

TEM8

BNC.33031 / COCA.31166

牛津词典

adj.

• 琐碎的；繁琐的
  small, unimportant and often annoying

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 诈骗;伪造账目
  Fiddlingis the practice of getting money dishonestly by altering financial documents.
  1. Salomon's fiddling is likely to bring big trouble for the firm.
     萨洛蒙伪造账目可能会给公司带来大麻烦。
• (尤指民乐的)小提琴演奏
  Violin playing, especially in folk music, is sometimes referred to asfiddling.
• ADJ-GRADED 麻烦的;繁琐的
  You can describe something asfiddlingif it is small, unimportant, or difficult to do.
  1. ...the daunting amount of fiddling technical detail.
     令人生畏的大量繁琐的技术细节

英英释义

adj

• (informal) small and of little importance
  1. a fiddling sum of money
  2. a footling gesture
  3. our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war
  4. a little (or small) matter
  5. a dispute over niggling details
  6. limited to petty enterprises
  7. piffling efforts
  8. giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction
  Synonym:footlinglilliputianlittlenigglingpiddlingpifflingpettypicayunetrivial

双语例句

• At his desk Sir Lindsay appears nervous, fiddling with his glasses and brushing back his hair.
  欧文中坐在他的办公桌后面，似乎有些紧张，摆弄着自己的眼镜，将自己的头发捋回去。
• Stop fiddling about and do some work.
  别再瞎混了，做点事吧。
• He wastes time fiddling about with minor matters.
  他把时间都浪费在鸡毛蒜皮的小事上。
• I gave up fiddling to focus on my race.
  我放弃我的手脚集中竞赛。
• Right now in Congress, they're fiddling around with the budget and so on
  此时在国会，他们正就预算案等等瞎折腾。
• She was fiddling about with a pencil.
  她无意识地摆弄一支铅笔。
• Richard was fiddling with the Ford's radio.
  理查德在摆弄这辆福特车里的收音机。
• I spent about two hours just fiddling about.
  我闲荡了约有两个钟头。
• In this sense, we are nowhere near a'complete'solution which will not need fiddling with again.
  从这方面来说，我们永远无法“完成”解决方案而不再需要任何调整。
• Don't waste your time fiddling around on your guitar.
  别浪费你的时间，你的吉他上做手脚。