diddle

英 ['dɪd(ə)l] 美 ['dɪdl]

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※ 提供单词"diddle"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

diddle 欺骗

来自英语方言diddle, 摇摆，蹒跚。引申诸多不相关的词义，如欺骗，浪费时间，游荡等。可能最终词源同dawdle, doodle, doodle, totter, toddle.

diddle: diddle: [19] The current meaning of diddle, ‘to cheat or swindle’, was probably inspired by Jeremy Diddler, a character who was constantly borrowing money and neglecting to repay it in James Kenney’s play Raising the Wind (1803) (the expression raise the wind means ‘to procure the necessary money’). Diddler immediately caught on as a colloquialism for a ‘swindler’, and by at the latest 1806 the verb diddle was being used in the corresponding sense. It may be that Kenney based the name Diddler on another colloquial verb diddle current at that time, meaning ‘to move shakily’ or ‘to quiver’.
diddle (v.): "to cheat, swindle," 1806, from dialectal duddle, diddle "to totter" (1630s). Meaning "waste time" is recorded from 1825. Meaning "to have sex with" is from 1879; that of "to masturbate" (especially of women) is from 1950s. More or less unrelated meanings that have gathered around a suggestive sound. Related: Diddled; diddling.

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1. For example, as bait with money reward of high specified number, the design with good diddle.: 譬如, 以高额赏金作为诱饵, 骗取好的设计.

2. Let's diddle the data line to read " October 1 , 1999 " instead of " 10／1／99. ": 让我们把数据图上的日期写法由 “ 10/1/99 ” 改为 “ October1, 1999 ”.

3. Keep an eye on Tom, he'll diddle you if he gets the chance.: 提防汤姆; 他一有机会就会欺骗你.