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fiddle

/ˈfɪdl̩/ 名词 C1

中文: 小提琴

  1. A violin, a small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin, shoulder, chest or on the upper thigh and played with a bow (see also usage notes below). · When I play it like this, it's a fiddle; when I play it like that, it's a violin.
  2. Any of various other bowed stringed instruments, particularly those of the violin family when played non-classically.
  3. A violinist, or fiddler, in a band. · He is first fiddle in the band.
  4. A dock (Rumex pulcher) with leaves supposed to resemble the musical instrument.
  5. A long pole pulled by a draft animal to drag loose straw, hay, etc.
  6. A rack for drying pottery after glazing.
  7. A clown; an unserious person entertaining a group. (figuratively)
  8. A scam; a fraud or swindle. (figuratively, informal) · There was some kind of fiddle going on at that company, and several of the directors were arrested.

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Leaning back in his arm-chair of an evening, he would close his eyes and scrape carelessly at the fiddle which was thrown across his knee.
《A Study in Scarlet》,第15页 · B2
My companion was in the best of spirits, and prattled away about Cremona fiddles, and the difference between a Stradivarius and an Amati.
《A Study in Scarlet》,第25页 · B2
“My fiddle would be the better for new strings,” he remarked.
《A Study in Scarlet》,第49页 · B2
"But, I say, what about that bloomin' fiddle!
《The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes》,第46页 · B2

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