tinker

英[ˈtɪŋkə(r)]美[ˈtɪŋkɚ]

n.补锅匠，修理匠，流浪者，吉普赛人；

v.小修，小补，摆弄；

复数：tinkers;

第三人称单数：tinkers;

过去式：tinkered;

过去分词：tinkered;

现在分词：tinkering;

例句

Give my husband an old motorbike to tinker with and he’s as happy as the day is long.修理好我丈夫的一辆老式摩托车,他会很高兴的。

Don’t tinker with the TV.别瞎弄电视机。

Please don't tinker with my car engine.请不要乱弄我的汽车发动机.

He likes to tinker with radios.他*爱鼓捣收音机.

Don't tinker with the TV.别瞎弄电视机.

She doesn't care a tinker's cuss about your opinion.她对于你的意思毫不在乎.

I don't give a tinker's cuss for what he thinks.我对于他的想法毫不介意.

同义词

vt.

tinker的同义词之：修补;修理

tinker的同义词之：其他释义

词组

not give a tinker's curse (或 cuss 或 damn)

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

VERB

小修;小补;摆弄

If you tinker with something, you make some small changes to it, in an attempt to improve it or repair it.

例句

N-COUNT

(旧时的)补锅匠，修理匠

In former times, a tinker was a person who did not have a fixed home, but travelled from place to place mending metal pots and doing other small repair jobs.

N-COUNT

(尤指爱尔兰裔的)流浪者，吉卜赛人

Some people refer to any traveller or gipsy, especially one who is Irish, as a tinker .

英汉词典释义

n.

(补壶、锅等流动的)补锅工人

能做各种小修小补的人;什么事情都会干一手的人

笨拙的工人,不熟练的工人

<美>小鲭鱼

粗劣的修补

vi.

做焊锅匠;焊补

胡乱修补；笨手笨脚地做某事

徒劳无益地空忙

vt.

粗修,修补

(尤指不起作用地)修修补补，小修理

英英词典释义

Noun

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

2. an itinerant Gypsy

3. a traveling repairman who mends broken things (such as metal household utensils)

4. small mackerel found nearly worldwide

Verb

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

2. work as a tinker or tinkerer

3. try to fix or mend;