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To make small, casual attempts to fix or improve something, usually just experimenting without a full plan - you might 'tinker with' an old engine or 'tinker with' a recipe over the weekend. Long ago, a 'tinker' was a traveling worker who moved from town to town pots and pans.
修修補補、擺弄（隨性嘗試修理或調整，沒有正式計畫）；(舊時)補鍋匠、流動修理工
組成Probably from the sound of hammering metal - the clinking noise old traveling pot-menders made.
原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Tinkername
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A northern English surname originating as an occupation for someone who mends pots and pans.
tinkernoun/ˈtɪŋkə/
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An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.
- The blacksmith chased us all to ground They searched all night we were never found The tinker boys and the sheriff's men Shaking the tallest tree.
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offensivedatedA member of the Irish Traveller community or of other itinerant groups; a gypsy.
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A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
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Someone who repairs, or attempts repair, on anything mechanical, or who invents such devices; one who tinkers; a tinkerer.
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informalAn act of repair or invention.
- I'll have a tinker and see what I can do.
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obsoletegovernmentmilitarypoliticsA hand mortar.
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Any of various fish: chub mackerel, silverside, skate, or young mackerel about two years old.
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A razor-billed auk, a bird of species (Alca torda).
tinkerverb/ˈtɪŋkə/
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To work as a tinker.
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To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.
- the broken bureau-lock and tinkered window-pane
- As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。