"diddling" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 欺騙（小伎倆）- 擺弄

Definition

“Diddling” 意指用小伎倆欺騙某人，或指沒事做地擺弄東西、浪費時間。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

非常口語化，現代英語中罕見。通常指小騙局或打發時間，非嚴重詐騙。有時指擺弄東西。正式場合不適用。和 "dawdling" 不同，後者僅表示拖延。

Examples

He was diddling with his phone during class.

他上課時一直在**擺弄**手機。

Stop diddling with the lock and just open the door.

別再**擺弄**鎖了，直接開門吧。

He got caught diddling the accounts at work.

他在公司**做小動作**篡改帳目被逮住了。

She spent the whole afternoon diddling around in her room instead of studying.

她一下午都在房間裡**瞎耗**，沒去學習。

You can't keep diddling people out of their money; eventually someone will notice.

你不能一直**欺騙**別人錢，總有人會發現。

He’s always diddling with gadgets, trying to fix or improve them.

他總是**擺弄**這些小裝置，嘗試修理或改進它們。