diddle
/ˈdɪdl/verb
informal <非正式>
1
- with obj.（一般作be diddled）cheat or swindle (someone) so as to deprive them of something骗取; 诈骗：
he thought he'd been diddled out of his change.
他认为连他的零钱都被骗光了。
1.1
- deliberately falsify (something)（故意）伪造：
he diddled his income tax returns.
他伪造了他的所得税申报表。
2
- no obj. chiefly US pass time aimlessly or unproductively〈主美〉闲混, 浪费时间：
why diddle around with slow costly tests?
干吗把时间浪费在进度缓慢价格昂贵的试验上？
3
- with obj. vulgar slang, chiefly US (of a man) have sexual intercourse with (a woman)〈粗俚, 主美〉与（女人）性交。
- ORIGIN: originally in Scots dialect use in the sense 'jerk from side to side', apparently corresponding to dialect didder 'tremble'.
派生词
diddler
noun词源
early 19th cent.: probably from the name of Jeremy Diddler, a character in the farce Raising the Wind (1803) by the Irish dramatist James Kenney （1780-1849）. Diddler constantly borrowed and failed to repay small sums of money: the name may have been based on an earlier verb diddle 'walk unsteadily， swerve'.