tinker
- n.
- 补锅匠，会做各种修补活计的人
- vi.
- 做焊锅匠，笨拙的修补
- vt.
- 修补
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 英语English
tinker
词源说明
From Middle English tynkere, perhaps from Old English *tincere, from tin (“tin”) + *cere, as in bēocere (“beekeeper”).
释义
名词noun
- 1An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.
- 2dated, chiefly UK and Ireland, offensiveA member of the Irish Traveller community or of other itinerant groups; a gypsy.
- 3usually with "little"A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish