2. Perhaps from Medieval Latin vitula "stringed instrument," which is perhaps related to Latin vitularia "celebrate joyfully," from Vitula, Roman goddess of joy and victory.
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fiddle: [OE] Like its distant cousin violin, fiddle comes ultimately from the name of a Roman goddess of joy and victory. This was Vītula, who probably originated among the pre-Roman Sabine people of the Italian peninsula. A Latin verb was coined from her name, vītulārī, meaning ‘hold joyful celebrations’, which in post-classical times produced the noun vītula ‘stringed instrument, originally as played at such festivals’.
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In the Romance languages this went on to give viola, violin, etc, but prehistoric West and North Germanic borrowed it as *fithulōn, whence German fiedel, Dutch vedel, and English fiddle. In English, the word has remained in use for the instrument which has developed into the modern violin, but since the 16th century it has gradually been replaced as the main term by violin, and it is now only a colloquial or dialectal alternative.
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The sense ‘swindle’ originated in the USA in the mid-to-late 19th century.
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=> violin
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fiddle (n.)
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"stringed musical instrument, violin," late 14c., fedele, fydyll, fidel, earlier fithele, from Old English fiðele "fiddle," which is related to Old Norse fiðla, Middle Dutch vedele, Dutch vedel, Old High German fidula, German Fiedel "a fiddle;" all of uncertain origin.
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The usual suggestion, based on resemblance in sound and sense, is that it is from Medieval Latin vitula "stringed instrument" (source of Old French viole, Italian viola), which perhaps is related to Latin vitularia "celebrate joyfully," from Vitula, Roman goddess of joy and victory, who probably, like her name, originated among the Sabines [Klein, Barnhart]. Unless the Medieval Latin word is from the Germanic ones. FIDDLE, n. An instrument to tickle human ears by friction of a horse's tail on the entrails of a cat. [Ambrose Bierce, "The Cynic's Word Book," 1906]
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Fiddle has been relegated to colloquial usage by its more proper cousin, violin, a process encouraged by phraseology such as fiddlesticks (1620s), contemptuous nonsense word fiddle-de-dee (1784), and fiddle-faddle. Century Dictionary reports that fiddle "in popular use carries with it a suggestion of contempt and ridicule." Fit as a fiddle is from 1610s.
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fiddle (v.)
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late 14c., "play upon a fiddle," from fiddle (n.); the figurative sense of "to act nervously, make idle movements, move the hands or something held in them in an idle, ineffective way" is from 1520s. Related: Fiddled; fiddling.
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1. Police investigating a £10 million car insurance fiddle arrested 16 people yesterday.
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调查涉及1,000万英镑的汽车保险诈骗案的警察昨天逮捕了16人。
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来自柯林斯例句
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2. Two of them got out to fiddle around with the engine.
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其中两人下车鼓捣引擎。
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3. She hated the thought of playing second fiddle to Rose.
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想到要身居罗斯之下她就很郁闷。
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来自柯林斯例句
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4. Hardy as a young man played the fiddle at local dances.
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哈迪年轻时在当地舞会上演奏小提琴。
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来自柯林斯例句
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5. He brought out the fiddle, its varnish cracked and blistered.
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他取出了小提琴,它表面的清漆已出现裂缝,还起了浮泡。
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来自柯林斯例句
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an insurance/tax, etc. fiddle
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保险、纳税等骗局【牛津词典】
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He was fiddling with his keys while he talked to me.
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和我谈话时他不停地摆弄钥匙。【牛津词典】
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to fiddle the accounts
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篡改账目【牛津词典】
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She fiddled the books (= changed a company's financial records) while working as an accountant.
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她当会计时对账簿做了手脚。【牛津词典】
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I've been fiddling about with this design for ages.
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我不断地修改这个设计已经好长时间了。【牛津词典】
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Who's been fiddling with the TV again?
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谁又在摆弄电视机了?【牛津词典】
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He wants lawmakers to basically stop fiddling around as the country moves closer to breaking up...
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国家在日益走向分裂,他希望立法者们再不要无所事事了。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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He wastes time fiddling about with minor matters.
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他把时间都浪费在鸡毛蒜皮的小事上。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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Right now in Congress, they're fiddling around with the budget and so on...
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此时在国会,他们正就预算案等等瞎折腾。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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One always wonders when a man starts fiddling about with his Will.
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一个人开始把遗嘱改来改去时总让人感到诧异。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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Two of them got out to fiddle around with the engine.
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其中两人下车鼓捣引擎。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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She hated the thought of playing second fiddle to Rose.
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想到要身居罗斯之下她就很郁闷。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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I'm as fit as a fiddle — with energy to spare.
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我非常健康——精力充沛。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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Hardy as a young man played the fiddle at local dances.
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哈迪年轻时在当地舞会上演奏小提琴。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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I found out how to fix the tray on — a bit of a fiddle.
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我知道该怎么把这盘子固定住了——有点麻烦。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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...legitimate businesses that act as covers for tax fiddles.
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为骗税打掩护的合法企业【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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Police investigating a £10 million car insurance fiddle arrested 16 people yesterday.
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