fiddle-head
英文词源
- fiddle-head (n.)
- also fiddlehead, "one with a head as hollow as a fiddle," 1854 (fiddleheaded), from fiddle (n.) + head (n.). As a name for young fern fronds, from 1877, from resemblance to a violin's scroll. Earliest use is nautical, "carved ornamental work at the bow of a ship in the form of a scroll or volute" (1799).
There are three kinds of heads,--1st The Figure-head is one on which is placed the figure of a man, woman, or the like, &c.; 2d, The Billet-head, or Scroll-head is one finished with two scrolls or volutes ...; and 3d, the Fiddle-head, which is finished with only one scroll or volute, having the spirals turning inwards to the vessel. [Peter Hedderwick, "Treatise on Marine Architecture," Edinburgh, 1830]
双语例句
- 1. Police investigating a £10 million car insurance fiddle arrested 16 people yesterday.
- 调查涉及1,000万英镑的汽车保险诈骗案的警察昨天逮捕了16人。
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- 2. Two of them got out to fiddle around with the engine.
- 其中两人下车鼓捣引擎。
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- 3. She hated the thought of playing second fiddle to Rose.
- 想到要身居罗斯之下她就很郁闷。
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- 4. Hardy as a young man played the fiddle at local dances.
- 哈迪年轻时在当地舞会上演奏小提琴。
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- 5. He brought out the fiddle, its varnish cracked and blistered.
- 他取出了小提琴，它表面的清漆已出现裂缝，还起了浮泡。
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