diddle

英 ['dɪdl] 美 ['dɪdl]

• v. 急速摇摆；欺骗；骗取；摆弄；闲逛；虚度

英英释义

Verb:

1. deprive of by deceit;

   "He swindled me out of my inheritance"
   "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"
   "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
   

2. 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"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Diddle the switch see if the light comes on.
   上下快速拨动电灯开关看看是否来电了。
2. I've been diddled! Half of these tomatoes are bad!
   我上当了! 这些番茄一半是坏的！
3. Keep an eye on Tom, he'll diddle you if he gets the chance.
   提防汤姆；他一有机会就会欺骗你。
4. They've diddled me out of the rent!
   他们骗去了我的租金！
5. I'm not much of a musician. I just like to diddle around.
   我还不是个音乐家，我只不过喜欢玩弄乐器。

经典引文

• I rather diddle about in the morning.

  出自： H. Nicolson

词汇搭配

• diddle someone out of 从某人骗去…...
• diddle away 浪费(时间)

近反义词

【近义词】

• fiddle 小提琴
• gyp 骗局
• rook 白嘴鸦
• nobble <英俚>（暗中破坏）使（...
• toy 玩具
• con 骗局
• goldbrick 偷懒
• GIP 综合情报计划(联合国)(...
• hornswoggle <俚> 骗
• bunco 骗局
• victimize 使牺牲
• defraud 诈骗
• play 玩
• swindle 诈骗
• mulct 罚金
• scam 骗局
• short-change (给顾客)少找钱...