tin·ker /ˈtɪŋkɚ/
補鍋匠,打雜工;流浪者,乞丐(v.)馬馬虎虎地修理,笨拙地修理,瞎擺弄
Tink·er n.
1. A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware. “Tailors and tinkers.”
2. One skilled in a variety of small mechanical work.
3. Ordnance A small mortar on the end of a staff.
4. Zool. (a) A young mackerel about two years old. (b) The chub mackerel. (c) The silversides. (d) A skate. [Prov. Eng.]
5. Zool. The razor-billed auk.
Tink·er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinkered p. pr. & vb. n. Tinkering.] To mend or solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to mend.
Tink·er, v. i. To busy one's self in mending old kettles, pans, etc.; to play the tinker; to be occupied with small mechanical works.
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tinker
n 1: a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines
and their parts [syn: tinkerer]
2: an itinerant Gypsy
3: a traveling repairman who mends broken things (such as metal
household utensils) [syn: mender, tinkerer]
4: small mackerel found nearly worldwide [syn: chub mackerel,
Scomber japonicus]
v 1: do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly;
"The old lady is usually mucking about in her little
house" [syn: putter, mess around, potter, monkey,
monkey around, muck about, muck around]
2: work as a tinker or tinkerer
3: try to fix or mend; "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's
not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on
the weekend" [syn: fiddle]