1.bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
1.avoid (one's assigned duties);
The derelict soldier shirked his duties
2.commit fraud and steal from one's employer;
We found out that she had been fiddling for years
3.play the violin or fiddle
4.play on a violin;
Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely
5.manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination;
She played nervously with her wedding ring
6.play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly;
Someone tampered with the documents on my desk
7.try to fix or mend;
Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right
菲德勒 小提琴一方面保留著其最初的民間“本色”,以fiddle的身份活躍在世俗音樂的生活之中。盡管在樂器的制作、材料和形狀上來說,小提琴和fiddle幾乎沒有差別。但是,在音樂內容、音樂風格和演奏方法等方面,兩者是完全不同的。fiddle屬于民間樂器,原來主要流行于愛爾蘭、蘇格蘭、英格蘭等民間音樂中,隨著英國開墾者來到了美洲新大陸,fiddle也隨之進入了美國的民間音樂中。演奏民間音樂的fiddle沒有像小提琴那樣具有一整套練