tinkerer.
/ting-ker/US // ˈtɪŋ kər //UK // (ˈtɪŋkə) //
修补匠,修补师,修补匠人,修补者
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n.noun · 名词
- 1.
- ›a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
- ›an unskillful or clumsy worker; bungler.
- ›a person skilled in various minor kinds of mechanical work; jack-of-all-trades.
- ›an act or instance of tinkering: Let me have a tinker at that motor.
- ›Scot., Irish English. a Romani living in the British Isles; a Traveler. any itinerant worker.a wanderer. a beggar.
- ›chub mackerel.
v.verb · 无主动词
- 1.
- ›to busy oneself with a thing without useful results: Stop tinkering with that clock and take it to the repair shop.
- ›to work unskillfully or clumsily at anything.
- ›to do the work of a tinker.
v.verb · 有主动词
- 1.
Phrases
- tinker with
- not worth a damn (tinker's damn)
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
The fundamental difference between the two is that Keynes is something of a tinkerer.
It was standard for the tinkerer, for the would-be designer of robot bodies.
He was a natural mechanic, a maker and tinkerer of machines; he lisped in blueprints for the blueprints came.
He was something of a tinkerer, and he enjoyed adapting his environment to himself.
Had she recognized him as the smudged tinkerer of the stalled car?
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