tinker

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtinkertin‧ker1 /ˈtɪŋkə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive] REPAIRto make small changes to something in order to repair it or make it work bettertinker with Congress has been tinkering with the legislation.tinker around with something Dad was always tinkering around with engines.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpustinker• In the studio, there was time to reflect, to tinker.• The lad tinkered happily with a multi-pronged screwdriver that couldn't possibly work in real life.• To spice up some of their machines, parlor owners have been tinkering illegally with the odds.• Mr Reaves himself likens his operation to tinkering on a Model A Ford with screwdrivers and a pair of pliers.• History is littered with examples of people tinkering, tampering and then tumbling.• To redesign those three districts, the judges tinkered with the borders of 10 neighboring districts in August.• More complex designs presumably require tinkering with Visual Basic scripts. Related topics: Occupations, Childrentinkertinker2 noun [countable] 1 BOin the past, a tinker was someone who travelled from place to place selling things or repairing metal pots, pans etc2 British English old-fashionedSSC a disobedient or annoying young childExamples from the Corpustinker• We can not do without his cunning, or his tinker friends.• The tinker plainly knew what she was about, because there was not one single piece of junk to be seen.Origin tinker2 (1200-1300) Perhaps from tink ( → TINKLE2); from the sounds made by someone mending a metal pot

单词	tinker
释义	tinker From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtinkertin‧ker1 /ˈtɪŋkə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive] REPAIRto make small changes to something in order to repair it or make it work bettertinker with Congress has been tinkering with the legislation.tinker around with something Dad was always tinkering around with engines.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpustinker• In the studio, there was time to reflect, to tinker.• The lad tinkered happily with a multi-pronged screwdriver that couldn't possibly work in real life.• To spice up some of their machines, parlor owners have been tinkering illegally with the odds.• Mr Reaves himself likens his operation to tinkering on a Model A Ford with screwdrivers and a pair of pliers.• History is littered with examples of people tinkering, tampering and then tumbling.• To redesign those three districts, the judges tinkered with the borders of 10 neighboring districts in August.• More complex designs presumably require tinkering with Visual Basic scripts. Related topics: Occupations, Childrentinkertinker2 noun [countable] 1 BOin the past, a tinker was someone who travelled from place to place selling things or repairing metal pots, pans etc2 British English old-fashionedSSC a disobedient or annoying young childExamples from the Corpustinker• We can not do without his cunning, or his tinker friends.• The tinker plainly knew what she was about, because there was not one single piece of junk to be seen.Origin tinker2 (1200-1300) Perhaps from tink ( → TINKLE2); from the sounds made by someone mending a metal pot
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