单词 | tinker |
释义 | Word Frequency tinker(ˈtɪŋkə) noun 1. (esp formerly) a travelling mender of pots and pans 2. a clumsy worker 3. the act of tinkering 4. Scottish and Irish derogatory another name for Gypsy 5. British informal a mischievous child 6. any of several small mackerels that occur off the North American coast of the Atlantic verb 7. (intransitive; foll by with) to play, fiddle, or meddle (with machinery, etc), esp while undertaking repairs 8. to mend (pots and pans) as a tinker Derived forms tinkerer (ˈtinkerer) noun Word origin C13 tinkere, perhaps from tink tinkle, of imitative origin |
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