| 单词 | tinker |
| 释义 | tinker —tinkerer, n. /ting"keuhr/, n. 1. a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant. 2. an unskillful or clumsy worker; bungler. 3. a person skilled in various minor kinds of mechanical work; jack-of-all-trades. 4. an act or instance of tinkering: Let me have a tinker at that motor. 5. Scot. , Irish Eng. a. a gypsy. b. any itinerant worker. c. a wanderer. d. a beggar. 6. See chub mackerel. v.i. 7. to busy oneself with a thing without useful results: Stop tinkering with that clock and take it to the repair shop. 8. to work unskillfully or clumsily at anything. 9. to do the work of a tinker. v.t. 10. to mend as a tinker. 11. to repair in an unskillful, clumsy, or makeshift way. [1225-75; ME tinkere (n.), syncopated var. of tinekere worker in tin] |
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