abacus n. (pl. abacuses, -ci ) 1.算盤。 2.【建筑】(圓柱頂部的)頂板,冠板。 learn to use [work] an abacus 學打算盤。
fiddle n. 1.〔口語〕提琴,提琴類樂器。 2.【航海】防食器滾落的餐具框、欄。 3.欺騙行為。 as fit as a fiddle [flea] 神采奕奕。 hang up the fiddle 隱退;住手不干。 hang up one's fiddle when one comes home 在外談笑興致高,回家悶頭睡懶覺。 have a face as long as a fiddle 板著面孔。 play first fiddle 做領頭人,當第一把手,帶頭。 play second fiddle 做第二把手,充當副手。 play third fiddle 當第三把手,當配角。 int. = fiddle sticks. vt. 1.用提琴演奏。 2.虛度(時光)。 3.〔俚語〕欺騙,偽造(賬目等)。 vi. 1.〔口語〕拉提琴。 2.虛度光陰,鬼混。 3.(胡亂地,神經質地)摸弄;玩弄,瞎擺弄。 F- while Rome is burning. 盡管大難臨頭,依然歌舞升平。 Stop fiddling around and get to work. 別再鬼混,去干活吧! fiddle about [around] 閑逛,混日子。 fiddle with (胡亂)玩弄,撫摸(He keeps fiddling with the dials on the radio, he is sure to put it out of order. 他老是玩弄收音機上的刻度盤,一定會把它弄壞的)。