fickle

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To deceive, flatter. transitive
  2. To puzzle, perplex, nonplus. UK,dialectal,transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.
    — O Fortune, Fortune, all men call thee fickle, / If thou art fickle, what doſt thou with him / That is renown'd for faith? be fickle Fortune: / For then I hope thou wilt not keepe him long, / But ſend him backe.
  2. Changeable. figuratively
    — fickle breeze

词形变化

fickler comparative more fickle comparative ficklest superlative most fickle superlative fickles present,singular,third-person fickling participle,present fickled participle,past fickled past

词汇关系

衍生词
fickle finger of fate fickle mistress fickleness ficklesome ficklety fickly fucked by the fickle finger of fate unfickle

词源

词源 1
From Middle English fikil, fikel, from Old English ficol (“fickle, cunning, tricky, deceitful”), equivalent to fike + -le. More at fike.
词源 2
From Middle English fikelen, from fikel (“fickle”); see above. Cognate with Low German fikkelen (“to deceive, flatter”), German ficklen, ficheln (“to deceive, flatter”).
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