fiddle

いじる、調整する

物をうまく動かそうとして、少しずついじったり調整したりすること。

やさしい英語で： To make small changes to something, often while trying to get it to work.

• Try fiddling with the controls.
• I fiddled with the radio until the sound improved.
• Have you been fiddling with my computer settings?

使い方： fiddle with something (He fiddled with the speaker wires until the music started.)

類義語： tinker, adjust

よく使う表現： fiddle with something, fiddle with settings

もじもじする、いじる

緊張や退屈から、絶えず手を動かしたり小物をいじったりすること。

やさしい英語で： To keep moving your hands or playing with small things, often because you are nervous or bored.

• Stop fiddling and listen.
• She fiddled with her ring during the interview.
• The children kept fiddling in their seats.

使い方： fiddle with something (He fiddled with a pen while waiting for his name to be called.)

類義語： fidget, fuss

よく使う表現： fiddle with something, fiddle with buttons

時間を無駄にする、ぶらぶらする

仕事をせず、遊びやつまらないことに時間を費やすこと。

やさしい英語で： To spend time playing or doing unimportant things instead of working.

• Stop fiddling around and finish your work.
• He fiddled away the afternoon instead of studying.
• We cannot fiddle around while everyone else waits.

使い方： fiddle away something (She fiddled away an hour before starting her homework.)

類義語： dawdle, mess around

よく使う表現： fiddle away time, fiddle around

改ざんする、ごまかす

金銭を得たり事実を隠したりするため、記録や数字を不正に書き換えること。

やさしい英語で： To change records or figures dishonestly to get money or hide the truth.

• He fiddled his expenses to get extra money.
• The manager was caught fiddling the books.
• Someone has been fiddling the sales figures.

類義語： falsify, cook

よく使う表現： fiddle the books, fiddle expenses

フィドルを弾く、バイオリンを弾く

バイオリンで民俗音楽やカントリー音楽を演奏すること。

やさしい英語で： To play folk or country music on a violin.

• She fiddles in a country band.
• He fiddled a lively tune at the wedding.
• They sang while their grandfather fiddled.

類義語： play the violin

よく使う表現： fiddle a tune, fiddle for dancers

フィドル、バイオリン

民俗音楽やカントリー音楽を演奏するバイオリン。

やさしい英語で： A violin used to play folk or country music.

• She plays the fiddle in a folk band.
• The fiddle led the dancers through a lively tune.
• Two fiddles joined the guitar for the final song.

類義語： violin

よく使う表現： play the fiddle, folk fiddle

バイオリン

四本の弦を弓でこすって音を出す、小型の木製楽器。

やさしい英語で： A small wooden musical instrument with four strings, played by moving a bow across them.

• He keeps his fiddle in a case.
• That old fiddle has a lovely sound.
• The children brought their fiddles to music class.

類義語： violin

よく使う表現： old fiddle, play the fiddle

詐欺、ごまかし

金銭や利益を得るための、不正な企み。

やさしい英語で： A dishonest plan to get money or an advantage.

• The whole deal was a fiddle.
• Police uncovered a tax fiddle involving several companies.
• He lost his job over an expenses fiddle.

類義語： scam, fraud, swindle

よく使う表現： tax fiddle, expenses fiddle