diddle
verb /ˈdɪdl/
/ˈdɪdl/
(informal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they diddle | /ˈdɪdl/ /ˈdɪdl/ |
| he / she / it diddles | /ˈdɪdlz/ /ˈdɪdlz/ |
| past simple diddled | /ˈdɪdld/ /ˈdɪdld/ |
| past participle diddled | /ˈdɪdld/ /ˈdɪdld/ |
| -ing form diddling | /ˈdɪdlɪŋ/ /ˈdɪdlɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] diddle somebody (out of something) (British English) to get money or some advantage from somebody by cheating them
欺骗；哄骗；骗取 - He’s been diddling the taxman for years.
他多年来一直欺骗税务人员。 - My old boss diddled me out of over £5 000.
我以前的老板骗走了我5 000多英镑。
- He’s been diddling the taxman for years.
- [intransitive] diddle (around) (North American English) to waste time without having a purpose
欺骗： 浪费时间而没有目的- Sometimes I just diddle around all day.
有时我只是整天闲逛。
- Sometimes I just diddle around all day.
- [intransitive] diddle (with something) (North American English) to play with something carelessly or without thinking
骗子： 粗心大意地玩东西- He diddled with the graphics on his computer.
他在电脑上摆弄着图形。
- He diddled with the graphics on his computer.
词源early 19th cent.: probably from the name of Jeremy Diddler, a character in the farce Raising the Wind (1803) by the Irish dramatist James Kenney (1780–1849). Diddler constantly borrowed and failed to repay small sums of money: the name may be based on an earlier verb diddle ‘walk unsteadily’.