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If someone diddles you, they get money from you by a trick — not by grabbing your bag, but by cheating. It is informal.
If someone diddles you如果有人diddle你 they get money from you by a trick他們是用花招從你身上騙錢 not by grabbing your bag不是搶你的包包 but by cheating而是用騙的。 It它 is是 informal口語用法
British speakers use this sense a lot: He diddled me out of twenty pounds.
British speakers英國人 use this sense a lot很常這樣用: He diddled me out of twenty pounds他騙走了我二十英鎊
Americans may say it too, but they also use diddle for other, ruder things, so treat this money-cheat sense as casual talk, not for a job letter or an exam essay.
Americans may say it too美國人也可能這樣說 but they also use diddle for other, ruder things但他們也把diddle用在其他比較粗俗的意思上 so所以 treat this money-cheat sense as casual talk把這個騙錢的意思當成口語就好 not不要用 for a job letter or an exam essay在求職信或考試作文裡
It is milder and smaller-sounding than rob, and less official than words lawyers use for fraud.
It它 is milder and smaller-sounding聽起來更輕、更小事 than rob比rob（搶） and也 less official更不正式 than words lawyers use for fraud比律師講詐欺時用的字
You can diddle someone, or diddle them out of a sum.
You你 can可以說 diddle someonediddle someone or或 diddle them out of a sumdiddle them out of a sum（騙走某人一筆錢）
It often has a slightly old, flavour, as if the cheat were cheeky rather than violent — though the person who lost the money will not find it funny.
It它 often has a slightly old, jokey flavour常帶有一點老派、開玩笑的味道 as if the cheat were cheeky rather than violent好像這個騙局是頑皮而不是暴力 though不過 the person who lost the money被騙走錢的人 will not find it funny可不會覺得好笑
組成From old dialect words for tricking someone, and also for tottering or shaking; writers also connect it to older English for deceive. The path is not tidy, so that is as far as we can honestly go.
原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Diddlename/ˈdɪ.dəl/
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A surname.
diddlenoun/ˈdɪdəl/
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entertainmentlifestylemusicIn percussion, two consecutive notes played by the same hand (either RR or LL), similar to the drag, except that by convention diddles are played the same speed as the context in which they are placed.
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slangThe penis.
- Paul was the first one to unzip his pants, take out his diddle, and make himself ready to pee on the wire.
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slangGin (the drink).
- […] a long, wooden porch good for listening to coyotes and owls, with a glass of diddle at hand.
diddleverb/ˈdɪdəl/
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slangTo cheat; to swindle.
- 'No one ever got rich being honest,' the father said. 'Customers are there to be diddled.'
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slangTo molest.
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slangTo masturbate.
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To waste time.
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To totter, like a child learning to walk; to daddle.
- And, when his forward strength began to bloom, / To see him diddle up and down the Room!
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slangcomputingengineeringmathematicsTo manipulate a value at the level of individual bits (binary digits).
diddleintj/ˈdɪdəl/
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A meaningless word used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm.
- What's that tune that goes "diddle di-dum, diddle di-dum, diddle di-dum-dum"?
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。