tinkerer

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈtɪŋk.ɚ.ɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Agent noun of tinker; one who tinkers with things. agent,form-of
    — Part of why both books dragged on so long is that Mr. Talese, who once worked for The New York Times, is a perfectionist, an obsessive tinkerer and rewriter, and also a famously meticulous reporter and researcher who spurns devices like composite characters and faked identities.
  2. A meddler.

词形变化

tinkerers plural

词源

Etymology tree
English tinker
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English tinkerer
From tinker + -er.
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