Tra từ fiddle - Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary

I.fid‧dle¹ /ˈfɪdl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] informal
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: vitula 'instrument played at ceremonies']
1. a ↑violin
2. British English a dishonest way of getting money:
an insurance fiddle
on the fiddle
They suspected he was on the fiddle (=getting money dishonestly or illegally) all along.
3. be a fiddle to be difficult to do and involve complicated movements of your hands:
This blouse is a bit of a fiddle to do up.
⇨ fit as a fiddle at ↑fit²(1), ⇨ play second fiddle (to somebody) at ↑play¹(22)
II.fiddle² BrE AmE verb
1. [intransitive] to keep moving and touching something, especially because you are bored or nervous:
Stop fiddling, will you!
I sat and fiddled at the computer for a while.
fiddle with
She was at her desk in the living room, fiddling with a deck of cards.
2. [transitive] British English informal to give false information about something, in order to avoid paying money or to get extra money:
Bert had been fiddling his income tax for years.
fiddle the books (=give false figures in a company’s financial records)
3. [intransitive] to play a ↑violin
fiddle around (also fiddle about British English) phrasal verb
to waste time doing unimportant things
fiddle around with something (also fiddle about with something British English) phrasal verb
1. to move the parts of a machine in order to try to make it work or repair it:
I’ve been fiddling around with this old car for months but I still can’t get it to work.
2. to make small unnecessary changes to something – used to show disapproval SYN mess around with:
Why did you let her fiddle about with the remote control?
The bus company is always fiddling around with the schedules.
fiddle with something phrasal verb
1. to move part of a machine in order to make it work, without knowing exactly what you should do:
After fiddling with the tuning I finally got JFM.
2. to move or touch something that does not belong to you, in an annoying way:
Don’t let him fiddle with my bag.

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fiddle
Fiddle is another word for violin. It is a stringed musical instrument.

◎	['fidl]
※	danh từ
	■	(hàng hải) cái chốt chặn
	■	(từ lóng) ngón lừa bịp; vố lừa bịp
	〆	face as long as a fiddle
		✓	mặt buồn dài thườn thượt
	〆	fit as a fiddle
		✓	khoẻ như vâm, rất sung sức
	〆	to hang up one's fiddle
		✓	(từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) ngừng làm việc
	〆	to hang up one's fiddle when one comes home
		✓	ra ngoài thì tươi như hoa, về nhà thì mặt sưng mày sỉa
	〆	to play first fiddle
		✓	giữ vai trò chủ đạo
	〆	to play second fiddle
		✓	ở địa vị phụ thuộc
※	ngoại động từ
	■	kéo viôlông (bài gì)
	■	(+ away) lãng phí, tiêu phí
		☆	to fiddle away one's time
			lãng phí thì giờ, làm vớ vẩn mất thì giờ
※	nội động từ
	■	chơi viôlông
	■	((thường) + about, at, with...) nghịch vớ vẩn, làm trò vớ vẩn
		☆	to fiddle with a piece of string
			nghịch vớ vẩn mẩu dây
		☆	to fiddle about
			đi vớ vẩn, đi chơi rong; ăn không ngồi rồi
	■	(từ lóng) lừa bịp
※	thán từ
	■	vớ vẩn!