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fiddle-footed

/fid-l-foot-id/US // ˈfɪd lˌfʊt ɪd //

拈花惹草,蕨类植物,蕨类动物,拈花惹草的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : restlessly wandering.

Examples

  • The running machines are a gloomy chorus of heavy-footed stomping.

  • There, so taken, caught in the act, flat-footed, we are obliged to make our stand.

  • On Wall Street, Bank of America plays a perpetual second fiddle to JPMorgan Chase Co., the only U.S. bank that holds more assets.

  • Instead, it left the candidate scrambling and her campaign flat footed.

  • The U.S. was wrong-footed diplomatically and militarily humbled.

  • It was no wonder that he felt quite at home in the duck-pond, which was made for web-footed folk.

  • Then he clapped his fiddle under his chin and without more ado struck up "Bobbing Joan."

  • Their jurisdictions overlapped and the Gascon would play second fiddle to no one save to his great brother-in-law.

  • A view of the duchess's ball-room, or of the dining-table of the earl, will supersede all occasion for lengthy fiddle-faddle.

  • Orellana was very warmly received by armed swift-footed females, which originated the fanciful name Amazonia.