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。
流动补锅匠；小炉匠；淘气鬼；顽皮的人；多种鱼类的俗称（如小鲭鱼、鲭鱼、鳐等）；刀嘴海雀；流动的白铁匠和金属家用器皿修理工。
a person who enjoys fixing or experimenting with machines and mechanical devices; a tinkerer
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
修理或试图修理机械装置的人,或发明此类装置的人；喜欢摆弄修理的人。
Someone who repairs, or attempts repair, on anything mechanical, or who invents such devices; one who tinkers; a tinkerer.
小型鲭鱼
small mackerel found nearly worldwide
各种鱼类:鲭鱼、银汉鱼、鳐鱼或约两岁的幼鲭鱼。
Any of various fish: chub mackerel, silverside, skate, or young mackerel about two years old.
刀嘴海雀,一种鸟(Alca torda)。
A razor-billed auk, a bird of species (Alca torda).
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。
用法提示：tinker 在此是可数名词，指喜欢动手修理和改装机器的人。
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。
用法提示：tinker 带冠词 the 和形容词 young，用作可数名词，表示爱好摆弄机器的人。
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。
用法提示：tinkers 是 tinker 的复数形式，指喜欢拆装和实验的一类人。
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。
grammar · medium
易错句子I am a tinker of old radios.
正确表达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。
grammar · medium
易错句子He tinkers on the car.
正确表达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。
tinkerer强调喜欢尝试修理的人，常带业余或爱好色彩；而tinker更指以此为职业或惯于修理的人。
handyman指能做各种零活、修理的人，更侧重多面手；tinker特指修补金属制品的人，但现代英语中常泛指喜欢修理的人。
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。
wink + er
stink + er
think + er
blink + er
pink + er
tank + er
修补或摆弄东西的场所，与tinker的修理/摆弄活动密切相关。
喜欢tinker（摆弄机器）的人常摆弄的对象。
tinker作为补锅匠时修理的是金属家用器皿。
与修理机器相关，比tinker更职业化、固定。
tinker旧指流动补锅匠，itinerant描述这种四处奔走的特点。
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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