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. 








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