| 单词 | fiddle around |
| 释义 | fiddle aroundregional note: in BRIT, also use fiddle about 1. phrasal verb If you fiddle around or fiddle about with a machine, you do things to it to try and make it work. Two of them got out to fiddle around with the engine. [VERB PARTICLE + with] [Also VERB PARTICLE]2. phrasal verb If someone fiddles around or fiddles about, they waste time doing unimportant things instead of dealing with important problems. [disapproval] Lawmakers have to stop fiddling around as the country moves closer to breaking up. [VERB PARTICLE] He wastes time fiddling about with minor matters. [VERB PARTICLE with noun] 3. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for fiddleIf you say that someone is fiddling around with or fiddling about with something, you mean that they are changing it in a way that you disapprove of. [disapproval] They're fiddling around with the budget. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] One always wonders when a man starts fiddling about with his Will. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] fiddle around in American English Informal to pass time aimlessly Examples of 'fiddle around' in a sentence |
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