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tinker

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vi.做焊锅匠,笨拙的修补 vt.修补 n.修补匠,焊锅

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动词过去式:tinkered 过去分词:tinkered 现在分词:tinkering 第三人称单数:tinkers

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tinker


/'tɪŋkə(r); `tɪŋkɚ/
n
1 [C] person who travels from place to place repairing kettles, pans, etc (走街串巷的)小炉匠儿.
2 [sing] ~ (at/with sth) act of tinkering (随便的或胡乱的)做事, (尤指)修补, 修理, 改进
*I had a tinker at your radio, but I can't mend it. 我把你的收音机修了一下, 但没修好.

v [I, Ipr, Ip] ~ (at/with sth) work in a casual or inexpert way, esp trying to repair or improve sth 随便地或以外行方式做(尤指试着修理或改进某物)
*tinker (away) at a broken clock 胡乱修理(着)出毛病的钟
* He likes tinkering with computers. 他爱乱改进计算机.
* Who's been tinkering (around) with the wiring? 谁总瞎改动电线线路?