tinkering

英 [ˈtɪŋkərɪŋ]

美 [ˈtɪŋkərɪŋ]

v.  (尤指不起作用地)小修补，小修理
tinker的现在分词

现在分词：tinkering　复数：tinkerings　

机械

BNC.32797 / COCA.25110

柯林斯词典

• VERB 小修;小补;摆弄
  If youtinker withsomething, you make some small changes to it, in an attempt to improve it or repair it.
  1. Instead of the Government admitting its error, it just tinkered with the problem...
     政府没有承认错误，只是敷衍了事地处理问题。
  2. They tinkered with the engine…
     他们修了修发动机。
  3. It is not enough to tinker at the edges; our objective must be to reconstruct the entire system.
     只在外缘做一些小修小补是不够的，我们的目标必须是重建整个系统。
• (旧时的)补锅匠，修理匠
  In former times, atinkerwas a person who did not have a fixed home, but travelled from place to place mending metal pots and doing other small repair jobs.
• (尤指爱尔兰裔的)流浪者，吉卜赛人
  Some people refer to any traveller or gipsy, especially one who is Irish, as atinker.

双语例句

• After some tinkering around, I introduced the concept of ports ( this is actually a well-known concept in component technology and also UML, but was relatively new to my customer).
  经过几番修改，我引入了端口（Port）的概念（实际上在组件技术以及UML中，这是一个众所周知的概念，但是相对于我的客户而言，却是一个新名词）。
• A bit of tinkering to make it function more smoothly is only to be expected.
  为了让它运转得更顺畅，进行一些修补是再正常不过的了。
• Eaton says he spent years as part of the team tinkering with a grilled alternative, and the rollout follows KFC's longest market test ever.
  Eaton说自己和团队花了数年尝试改进一种烧烤替代品，这次的推出之前，肯德基公司进行了公司有史以来最久的市场测验。
• Nothing in particular, I guess. I always liked mathematics and tinkering with machines.
  我想没什么特殊的原因。我一向喜欢数学和喜欢摆弄机械。
• He was tinkering about with the machinery, trying to get the motor to go.
  他一直在修理这台机械，试图让发动机运转。
• The most important factor I like tinkering with machines.
  最重要因素就我非常喜欢摆弄机械。
• American global supremacy is not about to be challenged by China's tinkering with aircraft-carriers.
  美国在全球的霸权无疑将受到中国的修葺中的航母的挑战。
• No wonder the lights don't work-Matt's been tinkering with the switches.
  难怪灯都不亮了，是马特一直在瞎摆弄开关。
• Ford's year of curiosity and tinkering paid off.
  多年后，福特的好奇心和他的动手能力使他得到了回报。
• This is the exact moment that I started creating something called Tinkering School.
  就是在那个时候我开办了一个叫做修补学校的项目。