英语词汇“tinker”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

tinkertinker1 /ˈtɪŋkɚ/ verb [intransitive]

VERB TABLE

tinker

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	tinker
	he, she, it	tinkers
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	tinkered
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have tinkered
	he, she, it	has tinkered
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had tinkered
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will tinker
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have tinkered

Continuous Form
Present	I	am tinkering
	he, she, it	is tinkering
	you, we, they	are tinkering
Past	I, he, she, it	was tinkering
	you, we, they	were tinkering
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been tinkering
	he, she, it	has been tinkering
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been tinkering
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be tinkering
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been tinkering

to make small changes to something in order to repair it or make it work better: tinker with Congress has spent months tinkering with the new tax legislation.

verb | noun

tinkertinker2 noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYtinker²

Origin: 1200-1300 Perhaps from tink ( ➔ TINKLE²); from the sounds made by someone mending a metal pot

someone who travels from place to place selling things or repairing metal pots, pans, etc., especially in the past