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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) with his car.他每个周末都在摆弄他的汽车。
I wish the government would stop tinkering with the health service.我希望政府不要再在公共医疗卫生服务上折腾了。
Compare fiddle
UK ['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 tinker with the television and see if I can get it to work.我就摆弄一下电视,看能不能修好。
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 what they think.我根本不在乎他们怎么想。
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