no obj.(tamper with)
- interfere with (something) in order to cause damage or make unauthorized alterations做手脚; 破坏：
someone tampered with the brakes of my car.
有人在我汽车的刹车上做了手脚。
- a person or thing that tamps something down, especially a machine or tool for tamping down earth or ballast夯工; 打夯机。
派生词
tamperer
noun词源
mid 16th cent. （in the sense 'busy oneself to a particular end， machinate'）： alteration of the verb TEMPER.