If you tinker with something, you make some small changes to it, in an attempt to improve it or repair it.
例句
Instead of the Government admitting its error, it just tinkered with the problem...政府沒有承認錯誤，只是敷衍了事地處理問題。They tinkered with the engine…他們修了修發動機。
N-COUNT
(舊時的)補鍋匠，修理匠
In former times, a tinker was a person who did not have a fixed home, but travelled from place to place mending metal pots and doing other small repair jobs.
N-COUNT
(尤指愛爾蘭裔的)流浪者，吉卜賽人
Some people refer to any traveller or gipsy, especially one who is Irish, as a tinker .
英漢詞典釋義
vi.
胡亂修補；笨手笨腳地做某事
Don’t tinker with the TV.別瞎弄電視機。She spent the afernoon tinkering about in the garden shed.她在花園的小棚屋里修修補補了一個下午。Give my husband an old motorbike to tinker with and he’s as happy as the day is long.修理好我丈夫的一輛老式摩托車,他會很高興的。
vt.
(尤指不起作用地)修修補補，小修理
He’s outside tinkering around with his bike.他在外面搗鼓他的自行車。They haven’t made any real changes to the system — they’ve just been tinkering around a bit.他們對系統沒有做出任何真正的改進—只不過是一點修修補補。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
2. an itinerant Gypsy
3. a traveling repairman who mends broken things (such as metal household utensils)
4. small mackerel found nearly worldwide
Verb
1. do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly;
"The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
2. work as a tinker or tinkerer
3. try to fix or mend;
"Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right""She always fiddles with her van on the weekend"