tinker

いじる、あれこれ試す

あまり慣れていなくても、少しずつ手を加えて直したり改良したりする。

やさしい英語で： To try to repair or improve something by making small changes, often without much skill.

• He likes to tinker with old radios.
• I tinkered with the settings until the picture improved.
• Have you been tinkering with my bike again?

使い方： tinker with something (She spent the afternoon tinkering with the engine.)

類義語： fiddle, experiment

よく使う表現： tinker with something, tinker with engines, tinker around

鋳掛けをする

金属の鍋などの家庭用品を修理して生計を立てる。

やさしい英語で： To earn a living by repairing metal pots and other household objects.

• He tinkered for a living.
• His father tinkered in villages along the coast.
• She learned to tinker by repairing old metal pans.

よく使う表現： tinker for a living, tinker in villages

機械いじり好き

機械などを作ったり直したり、あれこれ試す人。

やさしい英語で： A person who experiments with making or repairing machines and other objects.

• My grandfather was a keen tinker.
• The tinker built a small engine from spare parts.
• Local tinkers gathered to share their homemade machines.

類義語： tinkerer, amateur mechanic

よく使う表現： an amateur tinker, a skilled tinker

鋳掛け屋

各地を巡り、金属の鍋などの家庭用品を修理した職人。

やさしい英語で： A person who traveled from place to place repairing metal pots and other household objects.

• The tinker repaired our pan.
• A traveling tinker visited the village each spring.
• People brought their broken metal pots to the tinker.

類義語： itinerant tinsmith

よく使う表現： a traveling tinker, the village tinker

いたずらっ子

ちょっとしたいたずらをする人、特に子ども。

やさしい英語で： A playful person, especially a child who causes small amounts of trouble.

• You little tinker!
• That cheeky tinker hid my glasses again.
• The children were lovable tinkers who kept everyone busy.

類義語： rascal, scamp

よく使う表現： little tinker, cheeky tinker

手直し、試し修理

少しずつ手を加えて、物を直したり良くしたりする試み。

やさしい英語で： An attempt to repair or improve something by making small changes.

• I’ll have a tinker with it.
• A quick tinker got the radio working again.
• She gave the engine a tinker before calling a mechanic.

使い方： have a tinker with something (Let me have a tinker with your bike.)

類義語： adjustment, repair attempt

よく使う表現： have a tinker, a quick tinker, give something a tinker