tinker

美 [ˈtɪŋkər]英 [ˈtɪŋkə(r)]
  • n.修补工;(旧时走街串巷的)小炉匠,补锅匠,白铁匠
  • vi.(尤指不起作用地)小修补,小修理

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

tinkertinker

noun

(旧时走街串巷的)小炉匠,补锅匠,白铁匠
(in the past) a person who travelled from place to place, selling or repairing things

verb

(尤指不起作用地)小修补,小修理
to make small changes to sth in order to repair or improve it, especially in a way that may not be helpful

tinker

频次

  • 1
    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.

    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。

  • No amount of tinkering is going to improve matters.

    任何小修小补都是于事无补的。

  • 3
    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.

  • 4
    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 .

noun

1
small mackerel found nearly worldwide
Synonym: chub mackerel Scomber japonicus
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
a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
Synonym: tinkerer

verb

1
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
Synonym: fiddle
2
do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house
Synonym: putter mess around potter monkey monkey around muck about muck around
3
work as a tinker or tinkerer

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  1. As the tinker became drunk , he began to sing .

    小炉匠喝醉之后,就开始唱歌。

  2. Relieved to have found his help , the Sheriff gave the tinker the warrant .

    郡长因为找到愿意帮他的人而松了一口气,把逮捕状给了小炉匠。

  3. 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。

  4. 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。

  5. They have tinkered with the geometry of the car 's nose .

    他们对车头的外观进行了改进。

  6. They tinkered with the engine

    他们修了修发动机。

  7. Give my husband an old motorbike to tinker with and he 's as happy as the day is long .

    给我丈夫一辆老式摩托车鼓捣,他会很高兴的。

  8. He likes to tinker with watches .

    他最爱鼓秋手表。

  9. This make of starter-motor has a good reputation but every so often you get one that just won 't function properly however much you tinker with it .

    这种启动马达声誉不错,但是人们不时也会遇到运转不正常的机器,无论你怎么调整都没用。

  10. I wish the government would stop tinkering with the health service .

    我希望政府不要再瞎调整社会保健服务了。

  11. Tinkering with existing institutions cannot provide the independence we need .

    对现有机构进行修修补补,无法提供我们需要的独立性。

  12. The most important factor I like tinkering with machines .

    最重要因素就我非常喜欢摆弄机械。

  13. This increases the risk of new tinkering by the Fed .

    因为这样会增加美联储采取其他补救措施的风险。

  14. But maybe my brain will tinker some new features .

    但也许我脑袋里也会更新一点新的特性。

  15. The time has come to say enough to tinkering with reforms .

    现在是时候指出,小修小补的改革应该停止了。

  16. As you can see , there are many important variables to tinker with .

    正如你看到的,有许多重要的变量可以修修补补。

  17. Tinkering School doesn 't follow a set curriculum .

    修补学校没有固定的课程。

  18. Problems can arise when management structures are tinkered with .

    改进管理结构的过程中可能会产生问题。

  19. You little tinker ! Look at the mess you 've made !

    你这个小淘气!瞧你弄得乱七八糟的!

  20. Basically . I got a little tinkering I 've still got to do .

    基本上来说,有些小地方还得修修补补,还得做些工作。

  21. I just want to have a tinker with my car .

    我正想把我的汽车修一修。

  22. As I always advise , now it is time to tinker .

    正如我一直建议的,现在应该进行一些修补工作。

  23. This is the exact moment that I started creating something called Tinkering School .

    就是在那个时候我开办了一个叫做修补学校的项目。

  24. No tinkering with monetary policy will change that .

    这一点无法通过货币政策魔法改变。

  25. Around the laboratory , technicians tinker with robots simulating industrial production processes .

    在实验室四周,技术人员在忙乱地修理着模拟工业生产过程的机器人。

  26. Congress is likely to tinker with it , probably soon .

    国会可能会很快对该法案做出部分修订。

  27. But such tinkering , effective though it sometimes is , may no longer be enough .

    不过,这样的微调举措尽管有时也是有效的,但可能再也不够了。

  28. And Mr Gates 's review only tinkers with America 's military structure .

    而盖茨先生的此份报告不过是对美国的军事结构进行了一些拙劣的修补。

  29. Have an hour 's tinker at the radio set .

    笨拙地修理收音机一个小时。

  30. Stop tinkering with my television and take it to the repair shop .

    你不要再瞎摆弄我的电视机了,把它送到修理店去吧。