词组 | diddle |
释义 | diddle [diddled, diddled, diddling] diddle around diddle around AmE informal to waste time and not try hard to succeed: ▪ Samuel mostly diddled around in college, getting by with the lowest pass grades. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑dink around AmE informal, ↑mess around informal diddle with 1. diddle with sth AmE informal to play with something by making small movements with your hands, usually without thinking about what you are doing: ▪ Ruth was sitting in an easy chair, diddling with a small American flag. 2. diddle with sth AmE informal to make small changes to something which are intended to improve it but do not: ▪ The President and Congress keep diddling with the national debt. ■ SIMILAR TO: fiddle around (with) |
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