音标:['tiŋkә] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
n. 补锅匠, 会做各种修补活计的人
vi. 做焊锅匠, 笨拙的修补
vt. 修补
n. a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
n. formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living
v. work as a tinker or tinkerer
v. try to fix or mend
词型变化:现在分词 : tinkering ; 名词复数形式 : tinkers ; 过去式 : tinkered ; 过去分词 : tinkered ; 第三人称单数 : tinkers
考试类型:[GRE]
词性分布:
动词91%
名词9%

tinker的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. Sure enough, he saw the tinker walking toward him.果然,他看到小炉匠向他走过来。
用作不及物动词(vi.)
  1. He likes tinkering with computers.他喜爱乱改进计算机。
  2. He's been tinkering with that engine for hours, but it still won't go.他花了几个小时摆弄那个引擎,想修好它,但它还是不转。
用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. Other scientists tinker with Darwin by borrowing a page from the creationists'book.其他科学家借上帝创造宇宙论者们书中的片言只语来修补达尔文的理论。
  2. Arcane nullifiers recognize Common, but only an experienced tinker, shouting out the correct codes, may command them.虽然奥术消除者被认可为是公民,但只要是一名经验丰富的修补匠,高喊出正确的指令,就可以命令它们。

词汇搭配

  • tinker with胡乱地修补

经典引文

  • Does he loiter..with his motor-bike..tinker with it?

    出自:G. Swift
  • Discarding weak poems, tinkering with the title.

    出自:Anne Stevenson
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