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Tinker Small Repair Tinkered N Count Place 英[ˈtɪŋkə(R 美[ˈtɪŋkɚ

单词 tinker
音标
英[ˈtɪŋkə(r)] 美[ˈtɪŋkɚ]
解释
n.〈英〉小炉匠,补锅匠,修补匠,补锅,修补;拙劣的工人,粗劣的修补;〈美〉杂活工人,打杂工 4。吉卜赛人,流浪工人,流浪者;<美>小鲭鱼;vi.做焊锅匠;焊补;胡乱修补;笨手笨脚地做某事;vt.粗修;修补;(尤指不起作用地)修修补补;小修理;
例句

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:Instead of the Government admitting its error, it just tinkered with the problem...政府没有承认错误,只是敷衍了事地处理问题。
例:They tinkered with the engine…他们修了修发动机。

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 .
变形
third:tinkers~done:tinkered~pl:tinkers~ing:tinkering~past:tinkered~

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