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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
tinkered tinkered tinkering tinkers
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详细释义

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"

双语例句

1. Don't tinker with the TV.
别瞎弄电视机.

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2. He likes to tinker with radios.
他最爱鼓捣收音机.

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

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4. It isn't profane any more to say tinker's dam.
说‘tinker'sdam’这样的话不应再被看作是一种‘亵渎’.

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5. It is not enough to tinker at the edges; our objective must be to reconstruct the entire system.
只在外缘做一些小修小补是不够的,我们的目标必须是重建整个系统。

来自柯林斯例句

    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。

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