| 词汇 | tinker |
| 释义 | tinker verb [ I usually + adv/prep ] uk/ˈtɪŋ.kər/ us/ˈtɪŋ.kɚ/ 修补；改进；摆弄 to make small changes to something, especially in an attempt to repair or improve it He spends every weekend tinkering (around) 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 verb (MOVE ABOUT) tinker noun uk/ˈtɪŋ.kər/ us/ˈtɪŋ.kɚ/ (TRAVELLER) [ C ]（尤指过去游走四方的）补锅匠 especially in the past, a person who travelled from place to place, repairing pans or other metal containers (CHILD) [ C ] UK old-fashioned informal小淘气 a child who behaves badly [ 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。 (CHANGES) [ S ] UK（对…作的）修补，改进 the activity of making small changes to something I'll just have a tinker with the TV and see if I can get it to work. 我就摆弄一下电视，看能不能修好。 Idiom not give a tinker's cussidiom UK old-fashioned informal (US not give a tinker's damn) 毫不在乎 to not be interested in or worried about something or someone I couldn't give a tinker's cuss about what they think. 我根本不在乎他们怎么想。 |
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