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fiddlestick

英 ['fɪd(ə)lstɪk] 美 ['fɪdl,stɪk]

解释

n. 拉提琴的弓；无聊的事

※ 提供单词"fiddlestick"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。

英文词源

fiddlestick (n.): 15c., originally "the bow of a fiddle," from fiddle (n.) and stick (n.). Meaning "nonsense" (usually fiddlesticks) is from 1620s. As an exclamation, c. 1600.

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例句和用法

1. Heigh, heigh! The devil rides upon a fiddlestick. What's the matter?: 嗨嗨! 真是新鲜事儿. 究竟怎么回事?

2. The devil rides on [ upon ] a fiddlestick.: 真是怪事,真想不到.