n.修補(bǔ)匠；焊鍋
vi.做焊鍋匠；笨拙地修補(bǔ)
vt.修補(bǔ)；調(diào)整；改進(jìn)
Sure enough, he saw the tinker walking toward him. 果然，他看到小爐匠向他走過來。
用作不及物動詞 (vi.)He likes tinkering with computers. 他喜愛亂改進(jìn)計算機(jī)。
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(zhuǎn)。
用作及物動詞 (vt.)Other scientists tinker with Darwin by borrowing a page from the creationists'book. 其他科學(xué)家借上帝創(chuàng)造宇宙論者們書中的片言只語來修補(bǔ)達(dá)爾文的理論。
n.放惡臭之人；討厭的人或事
討厭的工作
