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People say fiddlesticks when they disagree, or when they are a little — a mild “that’s nonsense” or “oh, come on”. It is old-fashioned and a little playful. You can hear it from older British speakers, or in children’s books that want a strong feeling without a strong swear-word. Younger people almost never say it unless they are joking, copying a , or acting in a play. You will also see Fiddlesticks! as a one-word reply. It is not rude. It is not strong. It is closer to “rubbish!” than to real anger. Though actually, the word first named a violin bow (a fiddlestick). How a bow became a huff of disagreement is not something the pieces themselves explain; people in England just started using it that way around 1600. When someone says it, they are not talking about music.
「少來了!」「胡說!」(溫和、偏老派、帶英式幽默的語氣詞;不是在說琴弓)
組成From fiddlestick, a violin bow (late Middle English fidillstyk). Used as this exclamation from about 1600 in England.
同家族的字
- fiddleinformal word for a violin
- fiddlestickthe bow; this exclamation comes from that word
原始詞典資料3 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。
fiddlesticksintj/ˈfɪdl̩.stɪks/
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Nonsense! Expresses dismissal or disdain.
- Fiddlesticks! It's nothing but smoke and mirrors!
- Golden pleasures! golden fiddlesticks!—What d'ye tell me of your canting stuff?
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Darn! Expresses mild dismay or annoyance.
- Oh, fiddlesticks! I locked my keys in the car.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
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。