| 单词 | tinker |
| 释义 | tinker (tɪŋkəʳ ) Word forms: tinkers , tinkering , tinkered 1. verb 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. [VERB + with] They tinkered with the engine. [VERB with noun] It is not enough to tinker at the edges; we must reconstruct the entire system. [VERB] Synonyms: meddle, play, toy, monkey tinkering uncountable noun No amount of tinkering is going to improve matters. 2. countable noun 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. 3. countable noun Some people refer to any traveller or gipsy, especially one who is Irish, as a tinker. [British, offensive] Translations: Chinese: 小修改 Japanese: いじる |
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