| 单词 | to fiddle about |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fiddle about a. To make aimless or frivolous movements; esp. to play, toy about, at, on, over, with (a thing, rarely, a person); to act idly or frivolously. Also to fiddle about. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > potter or waste time in trifling activity trifle?a1400 loiterc1400 tiffc1440 tifflec1440 to pick a salad1520 to play the wanton1529 fiddle1530 dauntc1540 piddle1545 dally?1548 pittlea1568 pingle1574 puddle1591 to thrum caps1594 maginate1623 meecha1625 pudder1624 dabble1631 fanfreluche1653 dawdlea1656 taigle17.. niff-naff1728 tiddle1747 peddle1755 gammer1788 quiddle1789 muddle1791 browse1803 niddle1808 poke1811 fal-lal1818 potter1824 footer1825 putter1827 shaffle1828 to fool about1838 mike1838 piffle1847 mess1853 to muck about1856 tinker1856 bohemianize1857 to fool around1860 frivol1866 june1869 muss1876 to muddle about (also around)1877 slummock1877 dicker1888 moodle1893 to fart about1899 to fart about (or around)1899 plouter1899 futz1907 monkey1916 to arse around1919 to play around1929 to fuck around1931 tool1932 frig1933 boondoggle1935 to muck around1935 to screw around1935 to bugger about1937 to bugger around1939 to piss about1943 to dick around1948 to jerk around1953 fart-arse1954 to fanny around1969 slop1973 dork1982 to twat around (or about)1992 to dick about1996 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 549/1 Loke you fydell nat with your handes whan your maister speketh to you. 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) iv. ii. §3. 133 Some men you haue alwaies fidling about their garments. 1663 S. Pepys Diary 13 July (1971) IV. 230 The ladies walked, talking and fidling with their hats and feathers. 1708 W. King Art of Love xii. 141 Her Fingers, or her Tongue would fiddle. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 176 He took a Pipe in his Hand, and fiddled with it till he broke it. 1741 W. Oldys et al. Betterton's Hist. Eng. Stage v. 64 Some are perpetually fidling about their Cloaths. a1766 F. Sheridan Concl. Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph (1767) IV. 134 I had pretended to be fiddling at it all the time we were at tea. 1855 R. Browning Fra Lippo Lippi in Men & Women I. 36 You'll take Your hand away that's fiddling on my throat. 1883 H. Smart Hard Lines I. iii They've had him fiddling about so long in the school, he's most likely forgot how to gallop. 1884 Sat. Rev. 12 July 40/1 A Ministry fiddling with Franchise Bills. < as lemmas |
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