tinkered

tinkered

美 [ˈtɪŋkər] 　英 [ˈtɪŋkə(r)]

• n.〈英〉小炉匠；补锅匠；修补匠；拙劣的工人
• v.做补锅匠；拙劣地修补
• 网络修饰

词形变化

复数：tinkers  现在分词：tinkering  过去式：tinkered  

同义词

英汉解释

n.	1. 〈英〉小炉匠;补锅匠;修补匠;补锅;修补 2. 拙劣的工人;粗劣的修补 3. 〈美〉杂活工人,打杂工 4. 吉卜赛人;流浪工人;流浪者;乞丐 5. 小臼炮 6. 〈美〉小鲐鱼
v.	1. 做补锅匠;拙劣地修补

英英解释

n.	1. in the past, a man who traveled from place to place repairing metal objects such as pans 2. a young child who behaves badly
v.	1. to make small changes to something in order to improve or repair it

例句

Having tinkered with electric and hybrid vehicles for more than 15 years, Hyundai has finally brought one of its models to the U.

15年来，新款现代车第一次打入了“外行”盘踞的美国电动车和混合动力车市场。

If you're like most, you've probably tinkered with Twitter for a few weeks, then written it off as a diversion.

比如你像多数人一样，你可能已经在Twitter上面修修补补了数周，终归不写了之。

Weekends, he tinkered in the cellar, turning scraps of plywood into a utility cabinet or fixing a broken toy with spare parts.

周末，他在地下室里修修补补，把胶合板的边角料做成一个实用的小柜子，或者用一些零件把坏了的玩具修好。

They tinkered with a particular type of silicon whose surface is covered with dumbbell-shaped pairs of atoms called dimers.

他们修饰了一种特殊的硅，其表面覆盖有被称为二聚体的哑铃形原子对。

Over the next four decades, Egypt's presidents tinkered with the text.

在接下去的40年中，埃及的总统们一直在对这部宪法修修补补。

He asked me for a screwdriver, tinkered about for half an hour, then said, "Right. Now you can switch on. " I did.

他向我要了一把螺丝刀，修理了大约半个小时，然后说：“好了，你现在可以开机了。”

But it insists that it has never tinkered with theresults of searches to give its businesses an unfair advantage.

谷歌坚持认为，它从未考虑过这种搜索方式会对其商业活动带来不公正的优势。

Skywalker constantly tinkered with his starfighter, modifying its systems to optimize performance.

天行者一直在调整他的星际战斗机，改进系统，完善性能。

The university has tinkered with several iterations of wearable computers over the years.

大学用了几年的时间已经对几项可穿电脑的迭代次数做了笨拙的修补。

Joel Ewanick, GM's chief marketing officer, has tinkered with Chevy advertisements in an effort to strengthen the brand.

为了强化品牌，通用的首席营销官约尔•伊瓦尼克抓紧发动了雪佛兰的广告攻势。

At least 10 cities, Shenzen and Wuhan among them, have already tinkered with their hukou system.

的确，至少10座城市（包括深圳和武汉）已经尝试了户籍制度改革。

Note: I've tinkered with the post as I've learned new things from our multilingual and foul-mouthed commenters. Thanks all.

注：鉴于各种语言使用者以及出言不逊的评论者让我学到很多新东西，我已对此海报进行修改。谢谢各位。

Tinkered with the engine, hoping to discoverthe trouble; tinkering with the economy by trying various fiscal policies.

摆弄那台发动机，想找到毛病所在；用各种不同的财政政策来治理经济。

In this, a total of 31 volunteers sat in chairs that had been subtly tinkered with to lean either slightly left or slightly right.

这项实验共有31位自愿者坐在椅子上，这些椅子之前被巧妙地拆装过，稍微向右或向左倾斜。

Tom tinkered(up) the clock.

汤姆马马虎虎地把钟修了一下。

He collected some old radio parts and tinkered with them to make a new radio.

他收集了一些收音机的旧零件，然后用它们鼓捣出了一台新的收音机。

Governments have tinkered with fiscal reform for decades for targeted problems, such as landfill space or unleaded fuels.

几十年来，政府已对像填埋空间，无铅燃料等问题实施了财政改革。

Not only do we have system we can understand here, but it shows us how evolution could have tinkered with variation.

我们不但能够理解现有的系统，同时也表明变异能够修补进化过程缺失的环节。

The government has already tinkered with the policy.

政府已经做出一些政策修改。

Last year he tinkered with his formula again, converting Tote into Neel, a new restaurant serving Indian food.

去年，他再次做出调整，将Tote更名为Neel，更名后的餐厅面目一新，专门提供印度餐饮。