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/'fidl/ * danh từ - (thông tục); buồm) khoan moan (hàng hải) cái chèn, cái chốt, cái chặn - (từ lóng) ngón lừa bịp; vố lừa bịp !face as long as a fiddle - mặt buồn dài thườn thượt !fit as as fiddle - khoẻ như vâm, rất sung sức !to hang up one's fiddle - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) ngừng làm việc !to hang up one's fiddle when one comes home - ra ngoài thì tươi như hoa, về nhà thì mặt sưng mày sỉa !to play first fiddle - giữ vai trò chủ đạo !to play second fiddle - ở địa vị phụ thuộc * ngoại động từ - kéo viôlông (bài gì) - (+ away) lãng phí, tiêu phí =to fiddle away one's time+ lãng phí thì giờ, làm vớ vẩn mất thì giờ * nội động từ - chơi viôlông; ((đùa cợt); guội gãi viôlông; cò cử viôlông - ((thường) + about, at, with...) nghịch vớ vẩn, làm trò vớ vẩn =to fiddle with a piece of string+ nghịch vớ vẩn mẩu dây =to fiddle about+ đi vớ vẩn, đi chơi rong; ăn không ngồi rồi - (từ lóng) lừa bịp * thán từ - vớ vẩn!
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second-string — adjective AMERICAN in sports, second string players are used only if the best players are not available: a second string quarterback … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
second-string — [sek′əndstriŋ′] adj. Informal 1. Sports that is the second or a substitute choice for play at the specified position 2. subordinate or inferior in rank, importance, etc. second stringer n. * * * See second string … Universalium
second string — Ⅰ. second string ► NOUN ▪ an alternative resource or course of action in case another one fails. Ⅱ. ► second string a reserve team or player. Main Entry: ↑string … English terms dictionary
second-string — adj [only before noun] not regularly part of a team, group etc, but sometimes taking someone else s place in it ▪ the Vikings second string quarterback … Dictionary of contemporary English
second string — second string, adj. second stringer, n. 1. Sports. the squad of players available either individually or as a team to replace or relieve those who start a game. 2. a secondary position, status, or group, as in a level of corporate management.… … Universalium
second-string — [sek′əndstriŋ′] adj. Informal 1. Sports that is the second or a substitute choice for play at the specified position 2. subordinate or inferior in rank, importance, etc. second stringer n … English World dictionary
second-string — adjective being a replacement or substitute for a regular member of a team a second string pitcher • Similar to: ↑secondary * * * | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: from the phrase second string … Useful english dictionary
second string — also second string N SING: oft N n If you describe a person or thing as someone s second string, you mean that they are only used if another person or thing is not available. ...a second string team. ...her second string horse … English dictionary
second string — A reference to a football or other team player who is a substitute rather than a regular first team player. The term derives from archery, and the reserve bow string carried by an archer. ‘Second string’ occurs as a vocative in North Dallas … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
second string — noun a squad of players that are available either individually or as a team to relieve or replace the players who started the game • Hypernyms: ↑team, ↑squad * * * ˌsecond ˈstring ; noun • Wilson was a second string for New Zealand in last … Useful english dictionary
second string — adjective a) Not as good; of a lower quality or condition. I got a new pair of shoes, so I think Ill use the old, second string pair in my garden. b) In sports, a unit of players that plays behind the first string. Syn: junior varsity … Wiktionary
