n.

1. （流動的）銲鍋匠[C]
2. 能做各種小修小補的人；什麼事情都會幹一手的人[C]
3. 笨拙的工人，不熟練的工人[C]
4. 【美】小鯖魚[C]
5. 粗劣的修補[S][（+with）]

vi.

1. 做銲鍋匠；銲補
2. 拙劣地修補；笨手笨腳地做事[（+with/at）]
   He's been tinkering with that engine for hours, but it still won't go.

   他花了幾個小時擺弄那個引擎，想修好它，但它還是不轉。

3. 徒勞無益地空忙[Q]
4. 修補；作小規模的修飾
   When he is off-duty, he likes to tinker with little things.

   當他不上班時，他喜歡修補一些小東西。

vt.

1. 粗修，修補[（+up）]

n.

1. an itinerant mender of pots, kettles, etc.
2. Brit., chiefly derogatory a Gypsy or other person living in an itinerant community.
3. Brit. informal a mischievous child.
4. an act of tinkering with something.

v.