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tinkerer

/ting-ker/US // ˈtɪŋ kər //UK // (ˈtɪŋkə) //

修补匠,修补师,修补匠人,修补者

Related Words

mess混乱,混乱的局面,杂乱无章,乱七八糟的东西dabble摸索,掺杂,涉足,掺假repair维修,修复,修理,修补play播放,游戏,玩,玩耍toy玩具,玩具类monkey猴子,猢狲,猴年马月,猢狲的doodle涂鸦,涂抹,乱涂乱画,乱涂乱抹putter推杆,推推杆,推杆式飞机niggle小题大做,小题大作,轻视,磨蹭puddle水坑,水潭,水洼,水塘fix修复,固定,修理,修整mess with乱搞,瞎搞,捣乱,乱七八糟的muck about忙于play with戏耍,玩,戏弄,玩弄take apart拆开,拆开来,拆解,拆开的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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.无主动词 verb
  1. 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.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to mend as a tinker.
    • : to repair in an unskillful, clumsy, or makeshift way.

Phrases

  • tinker with
  • not worth a damn (tinker's damn)

Synonyms & Antonyms

as indabbler
Synonyms
abecedarian堕落者,堕胎者,堕落的人,腹腔镜beginner初学者,初学,初学时,初学阶段dilettante一知半解的人,一知半解者,一知半解,一知半解人loafer浪荡子,浪子,浪人,浪客novice新手,初学者,新手上路,新丁potterer制药师,制药人,制药厂,制药商pretender伪装者,伪善者,伪君子,冒牌货trifler三夫勒,琐事,琐碎的人,琐碎tyro大亨,富豪,轮胎,胎儿uninitiate初入行者,初学者,初学,非专业人士nonprofessional非专业人员,非专业人士,非专业的,非专业smatterer砸锅卖铁的人,砸锅卖铁者,砸东西的人,砸锅卖铁

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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