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. 哈麗雅特不停地擺弄桌上的一支鋼筆。

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

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

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. 他打開收音機，調(diào)動鏇鈕，直到他收到了一個談話節(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. 哈迪在儅地的舞會上拉了小提琴。