单词 | tinker |
释义 | tinker UK ['tɪŋ.kər] US [-kɚ] verb intransitive usually + adverb or preposition ■to make small changes to something, especially in an attempt to repair or improve it 修补;改进;摆弄 •He spends every weekend tinkering (about) •I wish the government would stop tinkering with Compare fiddleUK ['tɪŋ.kər] US [-kɚ] noun TRAVELLER 旅行者 countable ■especially in the past, a person who travelled from place to place, repairing pans or other metal containers (尤指过去游走四方的)补锅匠 UK ['tɪŋ.kər] US [-kɚ] noun CHILD 孩子 countable UK old-fashioned informal ■a child who behaves badly 小淘气 •[as form of address] You tinker, Nicky, you shouldn't have done that.尼基,你这个小淘气,你不该那么做。 •Don't be such a tinker.别这么淘气。 UK ['tɪŋ.kər] US [-kɚ] noun CHANGES 改变 only singular UK ■when you make small changes to something (对…作的)修补,改进 •I'll just have a UK ['tɪŋ.kər] US [-kɚ] noun not give a tinker's cuss UK and Australian English (US not give a tinker's damn) old-fashioned informal ■to not be interested in or worried about something or someone 毫不在乎 •I couldn't give a tinker's damn about |
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