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a tinker
tinker作名词指以补锅为生的人，也可泛指手工修补匠人。
He worked as a tinker in the village.
他在村里当补锅匠。
喜欢修理或摆弄机器的人；业余修理爱好者
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喜欢修理或摆弄机器的人；业余修理爱好者
a person who enjoys fixing or experimenting with machines and mechanical devices; a tinkerer
He worked as a tinker in the village.
他在村里当补锅匠。
流动的白铁匠和金属家用器皿修理工。
An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.
喜欢修理和摆弄机器的人
a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
淘气的人,尤指顽皮的小孩。
A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
补锅匠；流动金属匠
formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living
My neighbor is a tinker who turns old bicycles into electric ones.
我的邻居是个喜欢摆弄机器的人，会把旧自行车改装成电动自行车。
The young tinker spent hours in the garage trying to make his drone fly faster.
那个年轻的业余修理爱好者花了几个小时在车库里，想让他的无人机飞得更快。
Tinkers often keep boxes of spare parts for their experiments.
喜欢摆弄机器的人常常会留着几盒零配件，供他们做实验用。
tinker作名词指以补锅为生的人，也可泛指手工修补匠人。
He worked as a tinker in the village.
他在村里当补锅匠。
后接修理的对象名词。
My grandfather was a tinker of antique clocks.
我祖父是个修理古董钟表的匠人。
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I am a tinker of old radios.
Use this
I like tinkering with old radios.
误将动词用为名词。'tinker'作名词指人，但表达‘喜欢修理’需用动词tinker，后接介词with。
Not this
He tinkers on the car.
Use this
He tinkers with the car.
介词搭配错误。表示‘摆弄、修理某物’时，tinker常与with搭配，而非on。
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小淘气；调皮鬼
Come here, you little tinker! What have you done now?
过来，你这个小淘气！你又干什么了？
走街串巷的补锅匠
In the 18th century, an itinerant tinker would stop at villages to repair pots and pans.
在18世纪，走街串巷的补锅匠会在村子里停下来修理锅碗瓢盆。
幼鲭鱼
The fisherman used a tinker mackerel as bait.
渔民用一条幼鲭鱼作诱饵。
毫不在乎，毫不在意
I don't give a tinker's damn what they think.
我才不在乎他们怎么想呢。
一文不值
His promise isn't worth a tinker's damn.
他的承诺一文不值。
烂醉如泥
After the party, he was as drunk as a tinker.
聚会过后，他烂醉如泥。
补锅匠、裁缝、士兵、水手、富人、穷人、乞丐、小偷。
In the old English counting rhyme, children say 'tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief' while counting cherry stones to predict their future spouse.
在古老的英国数数歌谣中，孩子们一边数樱桃核一边念‘补锅匠、裁缝、士兵、水手、富人、穷人、乞丐、小偷’，以此预测未来的配偶。
《锅匠、裁缝、士兵、间谍》
The film 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy', adapted from John le Carré's novel, is a masterful Cold War espionage drama.
电影《锅匠、裁缝、士兵、间谍》改编自约翰·勒卡雷的小说，是一部精彩的冷战间谍剧。
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tinker（音似 tink 叮当）→ 补锅匠敲打金属叮当作响，也指爱摆弄、修理机器的人。
语域：informal 常见场景：日常闲聊、谈论爱好或维修设备时 名词表示“喜欢修理或摆弄机器的人”时，语气较口语化，通常用于非正式对话或爱好讨论；正式文章中较少这样称呼人。
与 tinker /ˈtɪŋkɚ/ 押韵的词有 winker、stinker、thinker、blinker、pinker，它们的读音都以 /ɪŋkɚ/ 结尾。注意 tanker 虽然拼写相似，但读作 /ˈtæŋkɚ/，并不押韵。
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