tinker是什么意思

短语搭配

(1)tinker with鼓捣；乱弄；胡乱地修补

双语例句

(1)Don't tinker with this old-fashioned drawer.

不要摆弄这个老式的抽屉。

(2)This tinker closed his stall.

这个修补匠关闭了他的摊位。

(3)He just had a tinker with the computer and it was repaired.

他只是随意修理了一下，电脑就修好了。

(4)They tinkered with the engine.

他们修了修发动机

(5)Joe likes to tinker with cars.

Joe喜欢把玩车子。

(6)A tinker shrieked out a suggestion, "Foo-foo the First, King of the Mooncalves!"

一个补锅匠尖声提出了一个建议：“疯子一世，傻子国的皇上！”

(7)Perhaps Tinker Bell will tell me.

也许小叮当会告诉我。

(8)Are you ready, Tinker Bell?

你准备好了吗，婷咔·贝尔？

(9)Overhead Tinker Bell shouted "Silly ass!"

头顶的小叮当喊着：“蠢驴！”

(10)More distinct came the shrill voice of Tinker Bell.

更清晰的是小叮当尖锐的声音。

同义词

vi. 做焊锅匠；焊补；笨手笨脚地做事

vt. 修补；粗修

释义

n.

(specially in former times)a person who travels from place to place mending pans, kettles, and other metal utensils as a way of making a living

（尤指旧时流动的）补锅匠，白铁匠。

Brit., chiefly derogatory a gypsy or other person living in an itinerant community

〈英，主贬〉 　吉卜赛人；流浪者。

Brit. informal a mischievous or persistently naughty child

〈英，非正式〉 　小淘气。

an act of attempting to repair something

修补。

v.

attempt to repair or improve something in a casual or desultory way, often to no useful effect

马马虎虎（或徒劳无益）地修补（或修理）

he spent hours tinkering with the car.

他花了几个小时摆弄车。

[with obj.]archaic attempt to mend (something) in such a way

〈古〉 　（马虎地）修补，修理。

短语

not give a tinker's curse （或cuss或damn） informal not care at all　〈非正式〉 毫不在乎，漠不关心

词源

" Middle English （first recorded in Anglo-Latin as a surname）： of unknown origin．"

(1)Well, I'm gonna go to tinker-town.

我要去方便一下。《Friends Season 1》《老友记第一季》

(2)Oh, I don't know. Looks like something used by Tinker Bell's gynecologist.

不知道呢，看起来像仙女小叮当的妇科医生的工具。《The Big Bang Theory Season 6》《生活大爆炸 第六季》

(3)Nice try. The Netherlands is this make-believe place where Peter Pan and Tinker Bell live.

勇气可嘉梦幻岛（与荷兰谐音）是虚构出来的地方，是彼得潘和小仙女的家（《小飞侠》）。《Friends Season 3》《老友记 第三季》