柯林斯英汉双解大词典
diddle /ˈdɪdəl/ TEM8 ( diddling, diddled, diddles )
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V-I If someone diddles, they waste time and do not achieve anything. 闲混 [美国英语] [非正式] [oft V adv]
例：...if Congress were to just diddle around and not take any action at all.
...如果国会只是闲混而不采取任何行动。
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V-T If someone diddles you, they take money from you dishonestly or unfairly. 诈骗 [英国英语] [非正式]
例：They diddled their insurance company by making a false claim.
他们通过提出虚假索赔来诈骗保险公司。
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3.
V to jerk (an object) up and down or back and forth; shake rapidly 上下或左右晃动(物体); 快速晃动 [DIALECT]
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Imagine someone's been diddling with our creations?
想象有人在哄骗我们的作品？
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After diddling the old couple out of their jewel, the man left immediately.
骗走了老两口的珠宝，那人便马上就离开了。
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They should have finished the work by now if they hadn't spent the afternoon diddling around.
如果他们不白白浪费了一下午的话，他们到现在就该完成那项工作了。
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But it's also a time that I have an academic and intellectual interest diddling.
我也曾有段时间,在学术和思想研究方向上摇摆不定。
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