tinker

英 ['tɪŋkə(r)] 美 ['tɪŋkər]

• n. 修补匠；焊锅
• vi. 做焊锅匠；笨拙地修补
• vt. 修补；调整；改进

英英释义

Noun:

1. a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts

2. formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living

3. small mackerel found nearly worldwide

Verb:

1. do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly;

   "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
   

2. work as a tinker or tinkerer

3. try to fix or mend;

   "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"
   "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Sure enough, he saw the tinker walking toward him.
   果然，他看到小炉匠向他走过来。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. He likes tinkering with computers.
   他喜爱乱改进计算机。
2. He's been tinkering with that engine for hours, but it still won't go.
   他花了几个小时摆弄那个引擎,想修好它,但它还是不转。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. Other scientists tinker with Darwin by borrowing a page from the creationists'book.
   其他科学家借上帝创造宇宙论者们书中的片言只语来修补达尔文的理论。
2. Arcane nullifiers recognize Common, but only an experienced tinker, shouting out the correct codes, may command them.
   虽然奥术消除者被认可为是公民，但只要是一名经验丰富的修补匠，高喊出正确的指令，就可以命令它们。

经典引文

• Does he loiter..with his motor-bike..tinker with it?

  出自： G. Swift

• Discarding weak poems, tinkering with the title.

  出自： Anne Stevenson

词汇搭配

• tinker with 胡乱地修补

近反义词

【近义词】

• repair 修理
• mend 修理
• fix 使 ... 固定
• fiddle 小提琴
• play 玩
• mess around 浪费时间
• monkey around 鬼混
• tamper 干预
• interfere 干涉
• fool around 闲荡
• toy 玩具
• put right 改正
• service 服务
• monkey 猴子
• patch 小片
• up 向上
• patch up 修补
• condition 条件
• Scomber japonicus 日本鲭
• potter 陶工
• muck around 闲荡; 混日子,耍弄...
• putter (高尔夫球的)轻击棒...
• muck about 闲荡; 混日子,耍弄...