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单词 fiddling
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Fiddling
vverb.socialavoid (one's assigned duties)
Synset:fiddle goldbrick shirk shrink from
Examples:
  • The derelict soldier shirked his duties
Derivationally Related Form:shirkingshirkergoldbricking
Hypernyms:avoid
Inherited Hypernyms:fiddleavoid
Direct Hyponyms:malingerscrimshankskulkslack
Full Troponyms:malingerscrimshankslack
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s (apply to: goldbrick)
vverb.possessioncommit fraud and steal from one's employer
Examples:
  • We found out that she had been fiddling for years
Hypernyms:defalcate embezzle malversate misappropriate peculate
Inherited Hypernyms:fiddleembezzlestealtake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
vverb.creationplay the violin or fiddle
Topic:music
Derivationally Related Form:fiddlefiddler
Hypernyms:play
Inherited Hypernyms:fiddleplaysound
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
vverb.creationplay on a violin
Topic:music
Examples:
  • Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely
Hypernyms:play spiel
Inherited Hypernyms:fiddleplayre-createmake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.contactmanipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
Synset:diddle fiddle play toy
Examples:
  • She played nervously with her wedding ring
  • Don't fiddle with the screws
  • He played with the idea of running for the Senate
Derivationally Related Form:fiddler
Hypernyms:manipulate
Inherited Hypernyms:toymanipulatehandletouch
Direct Hyponyms:put outretire
Full Troponyms:put out
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP
vverb.contactplay around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
Synset:fiddle monkey tamper
Examples:
  • Someone tampered with the documents on my desk
  • The reporter fiddle with the facts
Derivationally Related Form:monkey
Hypernyms:manipulate
Inherited Hypernyms:tampermanipulatehandletouch
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changetry to fix or mend
Synset:fiddle tinker
Examples:
  • Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right
  • She always fiddles with her van on the weekend
Derivationally Related Form:fiddler
Hypernyms:bushel doctor fix furbish up mend repair restore touch on
Inherited Hypernyms:tinkerrepairbetterchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP
adj satadj.all(informal) small and of little importance
Domain Usage:colloquialism
Synset:footling lilliputian little niggling petty picayune piddling piffling trivial
Examples:
  • 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
Antonyms:important
Derivationally Related Form:triviapettinesstrivializelittlenesstriviality
Inherited Hypernyms:fiddling
Similar to:unimportant
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