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tinker with sth
He enjoys tinkering with electronics.
他喜欢修补电子产品。
摆弄；鼓捣
tinkering — present participle of tinker
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摆弄；鼓捣
to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend, or improve it, often in an experimental or unskilled way
He enjoys tinkering with electronics.
他喜欢修补电子产品。
常指不熟练地摆弄或尝试修理。
以补锅为业；当补锅匠。
To work as a tinker.
胡乱摆弄某物以试图修理、修补或改进,尤指以实验性或不熟练的方式进行。
To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.
tinker
Base
原形
tinkers
3rd person
第三人称单数
tinkering
-ing
现在分词
tinkered
Past
过去式
tinkered
Past participle
过去分词
He tinkers with old radios.
他摆弄旧收音机。
Yesterday, he tinkered with his car.
昨天他摆弄了他的汽车。
He has tinkered with the engine.
他摆弄过那台发动机。
（动词）修理，摆弄
Grandpa likes to tinker with old clocks in his spare time.
爷爷喜欢在闲暇时摆弄旧钟表。
She tinkered with the computer for hours but could not fix the problem.
她鼓捣了几个小时的电脑，但没能解决问题。
He is tinkering with the engine, hoping to make it run more smoothly.
他正在鼓捣引擎，希望让它运转得更顺畅。
He enjoys tinkering with electronics.
他喜欢修补电子产品。
She tinkered on the bicycle for an hour.
她在自行车上修补了一个小时。
强调持续不断地修补
They tinkered away at the code all night.
他们整晚都在修补代码。
Not this
He tinkered on the radio.
Use this
He tinkered with the radio.
动词 tinker 后面应接介词 with，而不是 on。表示‘摆弄、修补某物’时固定搭配是 tinker with。
Not this
I tinkered my bicycle.
Use this
I tinkered with my bicycle.
tinker 是不及物动词，不能直接跟宾语，需要加介词 with 才能接修补的对象。
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摆弄发动机
He spent the afternoon tinkering with the engine.
他花了一下午摆弄发动机。
随意调整设置
Don't tinker with the settings unless you know what you're doing.
除非你知道自己在做什么，否则不要随意调整设置。
摆弄电子设备
She likes to tinker around with old electronics.
她喜欢摆弄旧电子设备。
在车库里鼓捣
My dad tinkers in the garage every weekend.
我爸爸每个周末都在车库里鼓捣。
摆弄；小修
He spent the afternoon tinkering with his bicycle.
他花了一个下午摆弄他的自行车。
瞎鼓捣；东修修西弄弄
She likes to tinker around the house on weekends.
周末她喜欢在家里东修修西弄弄。
毫不在意
I don't give a tinker's damn about the rumors.
我对那些谣言毫不在意。
补锅匠，裁缝，士兵，水手，富人，穷人，乞丐，小偷。
He spent the afternoon tinkering with his bicycle.
他花了一下午摆弄他的自行车。
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tinker 音似“听客”，想象一个听客蹲在一边，敲敲打打、锲而不舍地瞎鼓捣，试图把东西修好。
语域：mixed 常见场景：home repair、computer/software、hobby projects 该义项（tinker with sth）指“尝试性、有时笨拙地摆弄或修补”，多用于非正式口语或随意书面语境，如修理小物件、调试电脑设置等；正式文体中较少使用，常改用 adjust、modify 等词。
作为不及物动词时，常与with连用，表示‘随意修补’。
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