Tinker

tinker







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n. (名詞 noun)



          1.    (流動的)銲鍋匠[C]

          2.    能做各種小修小補的人;什麼事情都會幹一手的人[C]

          3.    笨拙的工人,不熟練的工人[C]

          4.    【美】小鯖魚[C]

          5.    粗劣的修補[S][(+with)]



vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)



          1.    做銲鍋匠;銲補

          2.    拙劣地修補;笨手笨腳地做事[(+with/at)]

                      He's been tinkering with that engine for hours, but it still won't go.

                      他花了幾個小時擺弄那個引擎,想修好它,但它還是不轉。

          3.    徒勞無益地空忙[Q]



vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)



          1.    粗修,修補[(+up)]





The Columbia Guide to Standard American English



tinker (v.) 

   

when combined with a preposition, usually takes with, as in I was tinkering with the alarm clock, or sometimes at, as in He tinkered at all sorts of odd inventions.