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/ˈtɪŋkə/ |
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1 | in the past , a man who travelled from place to place repairing metal objects such as pans (过去走街串巷的)补锅匠,白铁匠 |
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2 | BRITISH offensive an insulting word for a person who lives and travels around in a caravan (侮辱性用语)住在活动房车里的人 |
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3 | BRITISH informal a young child who behaves badly 小淘气;捣蛋鬼 |
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- | not be worth a tinker’ s curse/cuss old-fashioned |
| to not be worth anything at all |
| 一文不值 |
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- | not give a tinker’ s curse/cuss old-fashioned |
| to not care at all about something |
| 毫不在乎 |
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