tinker

tinker /'tiɳkə/
  • danh từ
    • thợ hàn nồi
    • thợ vụng
    • việc làm dối, việc chắp vá
    • to have an hour's tinker at something
      • để một giờ sửa qua loa (chắp vá, vá víu) cái gì
    • not worth a tinker's dam
      • không đáng một xu
  • ngoại động từ
    • hàn thiếc, hàn (nồi)
    • vá dối, sửa dối, sửa qua loa, chắp vá, vá víu
    • nội động từ
      • làm dối
        • to tinker away at; to tinker with: làm qua loa, sửa vụng
        • to tinker with a literary work: sửa lại một tác phẩm văn học một cách vụng về
     cá thu con
    tinker mackerel
     cá thu nhỏ

    Xem thêm: tinkerer, chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus, putter, mess around, potter, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around, fiddle



    tinker

    Từ điển WordNet

      n.

    • a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts; tinkerer
    • 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
    • small mackerel found nearly worldwide; chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus

      v.

    • do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; putter, mess around, potter, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around

      The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house

    • work as a tinker or tinkerer
    • try to fix or mend; fiddle

      Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right

      She always fiddles with her van on the weekend

    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    tinkers|tinkered|tinkering
    syn.: condition fix mend patch up repair service