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

Tinker \Tink"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinkered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tinkering}.]
To mend or solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to
mend.


Tinker \Tink"er\, v. i.
To busy one's self in mending old kettles, pans, etc.; to
play the tinker; to be occupied with small mechanical works.


Tinker \Tink"er\, n. [From {Tink}, because the tinker's way of
proclaiming his trade is to beat a kettle, or because in his
work he makes a tinkling noise. Johnson.]
1. A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware.
``Tailors and tinkers.'' --Piers Plowman.

2. One skilled in a variety of small mechanical work.

3. (Ordnance) A small mortar on the end of a staff.

4. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A young mackerel about two years old.
(b) The chub mackerel.
(c) The silversides.
(d) A skate. [Prov. Eng.]

5. (Zo["o]l.) The razor-billed auk.

Silversides \Sil"ver*sides`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of small fishes of the family
{Atherinid[ae]}, having a silvery stripe along each side of
the body. The common species of the American coast ({Menidia
notata}) is very abundant. Called also {silverside}, {sand
smelt}, {friar}, {tailor}, and {tinker}.

{Brook silversides} (Zo["o]l.), a small fresh-water North
American fish ({Labadesthes sicculus}) related to the
marine silversides.