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fiddling
(
a
.)拉小提琴的,無聊的,無事忙的
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Fid·dle
,
v. i.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Fiddled
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Fiddling
]
1.
To
play
on
a
fiddle
.
Themistocles
. . .
said
he
could
not
fiddle
,
but
he
could
make
a
small
town
a
great
city
.
--
Bacon
.
2.
To
keep
the
hands
and
fingers
actively
moving
as
a
fiddler
does
;
to
move
the
hands
and
fingers
restlessy
or
in
busy
idleness
;
to
trifle
.
Talking
,
and
fiddling
with
their
hats
and
feathers
.
--
Pepys
.
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
fiddling
adj
: (
informal
terms
)
small
and
of
little
importance
; "
a
fiddling
sum
of
money
"; "
a
footling
gesture
"; "
our
worries
are
lilliputian
compared
with
those
of
countries
that
are
at
war
"; "
a
little
(
or
small
)
matter
"; "
Mickey
Mouse
regulations
"; "
a
dispute
over
niggling
details
";
"
limited
to
petty
enterprises
"; "
piffling
efforts
";
"
giving
a
police
officer
a
free
meal
may
be
against
the
law
,
but
it
seems
to
be
a
picayune
infraction
" [
syn
:
footling
,
lilliputian
,
little
,
Mickey Mouse
,
niggling
,
piddling
,
piffling
,
petty
,
picayune
,
trivial
]
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