fiddle

kurcalamak, ayarlarıyla oynamak

Genellikle çalışır hale getirmeye uğraşırken bir şeyde küçük değişiklikler yapmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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?

Nasıl kullanılır: fiddle with something (He fiddled with the speaker wires until the music started.)

Eş anlamlılar: tinker, adjust

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: fiddle with something, fiddle with settings

kıpırdanmak, oynamak

Genellikle gerginlikten veya sıkıntıdan ellerini sürekli oynatmak ya da küçük nesnelerle uğraşmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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.

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

Eş anlamlılar: fidget, fuss

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: fiddle with something, fiddle with buttons

oyalanmak, boş işlerle uğraşmak

Çalışmak yerine oyunla veya önemsiz işlerle vakit geçirmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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.

Nasıl kullanılır: fiddle away something (She fiddled away an hour before starting her homework.)

Eş anlamlılar: dawdle, mess around

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: fiddle away time, fiddle around

hile yapmak, tahrif etmek

Para kazanmak veya gerçeği gizlemek için kayıtları ya da rakamları hileyle değiştirmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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.

Eş anlamlılar: falsify, cook

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: fiddle the books, fiddle expenses

keman çalmak

Kemanla halk müziği veya country müzik çalmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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.

Eş anlamlılar: play the violin

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: fiddle a tune, fiddle for dancers

keman

Halk müziği veya country müzik çalmak için kullanılan keman.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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.

Eş anlamlılar: violin

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: play the fiddle, folk fiddle

keman

Dört teli üzerinde yay gezdirilerek çalınan küçük, ahşap müzik aleti.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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.

Eş anlamlılar: violin

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: old fiddle, play the fiddle

dolandırıcılık, hile

Para veya çıkar elde etmek için yapılan dürüst olmayan düzen.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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.

Eş anlamlılar: scam, fraud, swindle

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: tax fiddle, expenses fiddle