fiddle
معنی فارسی
ويولون ياکمانچه کار بيهوده کردن زرزرکردن
معنی کامل و مثال‌ها
/fid´'l/n., vt., vi.
● (عامیانه) ساز زهی (به ویژه ویولن)، کمانچه
the sound of a fiddle
صدای ساز زهی
● (خودمانی) کلاهبرداری کوچک، حقه، حقه سوار کردن، گوش‌بری کردن، کلک زدن، دستکاری کردن
● (کشتی) دیواره یا نرده‌ای که در کناره‌های میز کار می‌گذارند تا بشقاب و غیره در اثر حرکت کشتی نیافتد
● ساز (زهی) زدن، ویولن زدن
he fiddled and the monkey danced
او ساز می‌زد و میمون می‌رقصید.
● (با: with - به طور عصبی با چیزی) ور رفتن، دست ور کردن به
don't fiddle with your tie!
با کراوات خودت ور نرو!
he fiddled with the radio so much that it broke
آنقدر به رادیو ور رفت که خرابش کرد.
● (با: away یا about یا around - عامیانه) وقت تلف کردن، ول گشتن
he does nothing but fiddle around
او کاری جز ولگردی نمی‌کند.
* be on the fiddle
کلاهبرداری کردن، حقه سوار کردن، دوز و کلک زدن
* fit as a fiddle
سالم و سر حال، سر و مر و گنده
* play second fiddle (to)
نقش ثانوی داشتن، در درجه‌ی دوم اهمیت بودن
تعریف انگلیسی
- bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
- avoid (one's assigned duties) “The derelict soldier shirked his duties” “Somebody ----s something” “Somebody ----s (for: goldbrick)”
- commit fraud and steal from one's employer “We found out that she had been fiddling for years” “Somebody ----s”
- play the violin or fiddle “Somebody ----s”
- play on a violin “Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely” “Somebody ----s something”
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination “She played nervously with her wedding ring” “Don't fiddle with the screws” “He played with the idea of running for the Senate” “Somebody ----s PP”
- play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly “Someone tampered with the documents on my desk” “The reporter fiddle with the facts” “Somebody ----s something”
- try to fix or mend “Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right” “She always fiddles with her van on the weekend” “Somebody ----s PP”
مترادف‌ها
I. noun
Violin.
II. verb neuter
1. Play on a fiddle.
2. Trifle, dawdle, lose, time, waste time, idle away time, fritter away time, fool away time.