also fiddlehead, "one with a head as hollow as a fiddle," 1854 (fiddleheaded), from fiddle (n.) + head (n.). As a name for young fern fronds, from 1877, from resemblance to a violin's scroll. Earliest use is nautical, "carved ornamental work at the bow of a ship in the form of a scroll or volute" (1799).
There are three kinds of heads,--1st The Figure-head is one on which is placed the figure of a man, woman, or the like, &c.; 2d, The Billet-head, or Scroll-head is one finished with two scrolls or volutes ...; and 3d, the Fiddle-head, which is finished with only one scroll or volute, having the spirals turning inwards to the vessel. [Peter Hedderwick, "Treatise on Marine Architecture," Edinburgh, 1830]
双语例句
1. Police investigating a £10 million car insurance fiddle arrested 16 people yesterday.
调查涉及1,000万英镑的汽车保险诈骗案的警察昨天逮捕了16人。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Two of them got out to fiddle around with the engine.
其中两人下车鼓捣引擎。
来自柯林斯例句
3. She hated the thought of playing second fiddle to Rose.
想到要身居罗斯之下她就很郁闷。
来自柯林斯例句
4. Hardy as a young man played the fiddle at local dances.
哈迪年轻时在当地舞会上演奏小提琴。
来自柯林斯例句
5. He brought out the fiddle, its varnish cracked and blistered.
