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a fiddler plays [music]
指演奏小提琴的人，也可泛指提琴类演奏者。
The fiddler played a lively tune for the dancers.
小提琴手为舞者们演奏了一支轻快的曲子。
小提琴手；拉小提琴的人
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
小提琴手；拉小提琴的人
a musician who plays the violin
The fiddler played a lively tune for the dancers.
小提琴手为舞者们演奏了一支轻快的曲子。
拉小提琴的人
One who plays the fiddle.
欺骗者；骗子
One who fiddles; a cheat.
拨弄或调整的人
One who fiddles or tweaks.
招潮蟹属的穴居蟹,雄蟹的一只螯极大,常呈持琴状
A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle.
The fiddler played a lively tune at the village fair, and everyone stopped to listen.
小提琴手在乡村集市上演奏了一首欢快的曲子，大家都停下来倾听。
We invited a local fiddler to perform at our wedding reception.
我们邀请了一位当地的小提琴手在我们的婚宴上表演。
Every evening, the old fiddler sits by the harbor and plays traditional songs.
每天傍晚，那位年迈的小提琴手都会坐在港口边演奏传统歌曲。
指演奏小提琴的人，也可泛指提琴类演奏者。
The fiddler played a lively tune for the dancers.
小提琴手为舞者们演奏了一支轻快的曲子。
指因紧张或不自觉而反复摆弄某物的人。
She is a fiddler with her hair during every meeting.
她是个开会时总爱摆弄头发的人。
略带贬义，指没有专业技能却喜欢瞎修理的人。
My uncle is a fiddler who tries to fix every broken radio he finds.
我叔叔是个见到坏收音机就想动手修的人。
Not this
There are many fiddler in the orchestra.
Use this
There are many fiddlers in the orchestra.
汉语名词没有复数变化，英语可数名词在 many 等表示数量的词后必须用复数；fiddler 是可数名词，复数形式为 fiddlers，所以要加 -s。
Not this
She is famous fiddler.
Use this
She is a famous fiddler.
fiddler 是单数可数名词，在主语补语中表示“一个……”时前面需要不定冠词 a；汉语没有冠词，容易漏掉，因此要加 a。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
街头小提琴手
A street fiddler was playing a lively tune in the square.
一位街头小提琴手正在广场上演奏欢快的曲子。
爱尔兰小提琴手
The Irish fiddler performed a set of reels at the festival.
那位爱尔兰小提琴手在节日上表演了一组里尔舞曲。
技艺精湛的小提琴手
An accomplished fiddler can make a simple folk song sound beautiful.
技艺精湛的小提琴手能让一首简单的民谣变得悦耳动听。
承担后果；付出代价
You can't keep avoiding your responsibilities; sooner or later you'll have to pay the fiddler.
你不能一直逃避责任；迟早你要承担后果。
屋顶上的小提琴手（比喻处境岌岌可危、勉力维持平衡的人或局面）
With the economy so unstable, small businesses are like fiddlers on the roof, trying to stay afloat.
经济如此不稳定，小企业就像屋顶上的小提琴手，努力维持生存。
屋顶上的小提琴手。听起来很疯狂，对吧？
From the opening narration of the musical 'Fiddler on the Roof' (1964), where Tevye uses the fiddler as a metaphor for the fragile balance of tradition and change in an Eastern European Jewish village.
出自音乐剧《屋顶上的小提琴手》（1964）的开场独白，特维以小提琴手比喻东欧犹太村庄中传统与变化之间脆弱的平衡。
Use fiddler naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：fiddle 既是“小提琴”也是“摆弄”，加 -er 就是“拉琴的人/瞎摆弄的人”。
语域：mixed 常见场景：民间音乐/乡村音乐演出、非正式交谈中提到小提琴手 作为‘小提琴手’讲时，fiddler 在民间或乡村音乐语境中比较常见；在古典音乐或正式场合多带口语色彩，更常用 violinist。
与 fiddler 押韵的词：twiddler、tiddler、piddler（重读音节 /ɪ/ 及之后 /dlə/ 相同）。middle、little 拼写中有 -iddle，但不押韵：middle 以 /əl/ 结尾，little 含 /t/ 且以 /əl/ 结尾。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.