fiddle-faddle

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. nonsense uncountable
    — I can understand why people read horoscopes, but for me it's a bunch of fiddle-faddle.
动词 v.
  1. To trifle; to dally. intransitive
    — The cur foretells the knell of parting day; The loafing herd winds slowly o'er the lea; The wise man homeward plods; I only stay To fiddle-faddle in a minor key.
形容词 adj.
  1. Trifling; dallying; inclined to fuss about trifles. intransitive
    — The witnesses made oath that they had heard some of the liverymen frequently railing at their mistress. They said she was a troublesome fiddle-faddle old woman, and so ceremonious that there was no bearing of her. They were so plagued with bowing and cringing as they went in and out of the room that their backs ached.

词形变化

fiddlefaddle alternative fiddle-faddles present,singular,third-person fiddle-faddling participle,present fiddle-faddled participle,past fiddle-faddled past fiddlefaddle alternative more fiddle-faddle comparative most fiddle-faddle superlative fiddlefaddle alternative
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary