fiddly
fiddly — 形容詞
- fiddlypositive
- fiddliercomparative
- fiddliestsuperlative
1. hard to use, make, or repair because the item or its pieces are tiny and need ca
費事
因零件細小而難以操作處理
hard to use, make, or repair because the item or its pieces are tiny and need careful handling with your fingers.
Yuki struggled with the fiddly clasp on her new necklace.
Yuki 費了好大勁才扣上新項鍊那個費事的釦環。
collocation: fiddly clasp
Replacing the tiny battery in that old watch was fiddly work.
更換那隻舊手錶裡的微型電池是件費事的工作。
collocation: fiddly work
The model car kit had dozens of fiddly little parts to glue.
那套模型車有幾十個費事的小零件需要黏合。
Amara found the fiddly buttons on her winter coat almost impossible to fasten.
Amara 覺得她冬季外套上的釦子太費事了，幾乎扣不上。
These small screws are so fiddly that Henrik dropped three of them on the floor.
這些小螺絲太費事了，Henrik 掉了三顆在地上。
- tricky
more general; can describe any difficult situation, including mental puzzles
- finicky
can describe a fussy person as well as an object requiring excessive care
- awkward
focuses on physical inconvenience of shape or position, not necessarily small size
- delicate
emphasises fragility and the risk of breaking, not smallness of parts
- straightforward
simple to handle or complete, with no small or tricky parts involved
用法筆記
Typically describes mechanical tasks (repairing watches, assembling models, sewing on tiny buttons) rather than intellectual challenges. Common in informal British English; less frequent in American English.