n. 〈英〉小爐匠，補(bǔ)鍋匠，修補(bǔ)匠，補(bǔ)鍋，修補(bǔ);拙劣的工人，粗劣的修補(bǔ);〈美〉雜活工人，打雜工 4。吉卜賽人，流浪工人，流浪者;<美>小鯖魚;
vi. 做焊鍋匠;焊補(bǔ);胡亂修補(bǔ);笨手笨腳地做某事;
vt. 粗修;修補(bǔ);（尤指不起作用地）修修補(bǔ)補(bǔ);小修理;
tinker
n
1 [C] person who travels from place to place repairing kettles, pans, etc （走街串巷的）小爐匠兒.
2 [sing] ~ (at/with sth) act of tinkering （隨便的或胡亂的）做事, （尤指）修補(bǔ), 修理, 改進(jìn)
I had a tinker at your radio, but I can't mend it. 我把你的收音機(jī)修了一下, 但沒修好. tinker, v [I, Ipr, Ip]
~ (at/with sth) work in a casual or inexpert way, esp trying to repair or improve sth 隨便地或以外行方式做（尤指試著修理或改進(jìn)某物）
tinker (away) at a broken clock 胡亂修理（著）出毛病的鐘
He likes tinkering with computers. 他愛亂改進(jìn)計(jì)算機(jī).
Who's been tinkering (around) with the wiring? 誰總瞎改動(dòng)電線線路?
?? 擴(kuò)展釋義
*['ti?k?]n. 補(bǔ)鍋匠, 會(huì)做各種修補(bǔ)活計(jì)的人vi. 做焊鍋匠, 笨拙的修補(bǔ)vt. 修補(bǔ)相關(guān)詞組: not care a tinker's damn