(informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction" 同义词:footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial,
例句与用法
1.
He fiddles with his papers on the table . 他抚弄着桌子上那些报纸。
2.
Expense allowances are apt to mean fiddling . 开销津贴容易造成弄虚作假。
3.
He fiddled a free ticket for the match . 他骗得一张那场比赛的免费入场券。
4.
He fiddled away his time and strength . 他浪费了时间和精力。
5.
Stop fiddling around and get to work . 别再鬼混,去干活吧!
6.
Do n't fiddle with the typewriter . 不要摆弄那架打字机了。
7.
He learned to fiddle as a young boy . 他自幼学小提琴。
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Changing a fuse is one of those fiddle jobs i hate . 换保险丝是我不愿意干的活之一。
9.
He heard the sound of the fiddle on the village green . 他听见了村里草地上的提琴声。
10.
She fiddled with her watch so much that it broke . 她总胡乱摆弄手表,结果把它弄坏了。