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tinker

['tɪŋkə] брит. / амер.

сущ.
1. лудильщик, медник, жестянщик
2. плохой работник, "сапожник"
3. попытка кое-как починить (что-л.)
4. непослушный ребёнок
гл.
1. лудить, паять
2. (tinker at) чинить (что-л.) кое-как, на скорую руку
3. спорт.; жарг. бить, колошматить (в боксе)

AmericanEnglish (En-Ru)

tinker

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лудильщик м

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Then I met Zaleshoff looking like a hair-dresser's assistant, got up as fine as I don't know who, while I looked like a tinker.
Встречаю Залёжева, тот не мне чета, ходит как приказчик от парикмахера, и лорнет в глазу, а мы у родителя в смазных сапогах, да на постных щах отличались.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / IdiotДостоевский, Фёдор / Идиот
Идиот
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1971
Idiot
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2004 by Fine Creative Media, Inc.

The tinker smiled as he returned to his work.
Медник улыбнулся и продолжил свое занятие.
De Lint, Charles / The Riddle of the WrenДе Линт, Чарльз / Загадка поющих камней
Загадка поющих камней
Де Линт, Чарльз
The Riddle of the Wren
De Lint, Charles
© 1984 by Charles de Lint

"But now you must earn your keep," the tinker said.
– Но теперь вам придется отработать подарки, – сказал лудильщик.
De Lint, Charles / The Riddle of the WrenДе Линт, Чарльз / Загадка поющих камней
Загадка поющих камней
Де Линт, Чарльз
The Riddle of the Wren
De Lint, Charles
© 1984 by Charles de Lint

A sensible approach to pilot projects is that they each be allowed to tinker with one component of the process.
Разумный подход к пилотному проекту - разрешить изменить лишь одну составляющую процесса.
DeMarco, Tom,Lister, Timothy / Peopleware. Productive Projects and TeamsДемарко, Том,Листер, Тимоти / Человеческий фактор: успешные проекты и команды
Человеческий фактор: успешные проекты и команды
Демарко, Том,Листер, Тимоти
© Издательство Символ-Плюс, 2005
Peopleware. Productive Projects and Teams
DeMarco, Tom,Lister, Timothy
© 1999, 1987 by Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister.

If you make a brag of your honesty to me,' said the tinker, 'I'll knock your brains out.'
Если будешь хвастать своей честностью, я тебе голову проломлю! – сказал медник.
Dickens, Charles / David CopperfieldДиккенс, Чарльз / Жизнь Дэвида Копперфилда
Жизнь Дэвида Копперфилда
Диккенс, Чарльз
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1959
David Copperfield
Dickens, Charles
© CRW Publishing Limited 2004

Mr. Giles directed an appealing glance at the tinker; but he had suddenly fallen asleep.
Мистер Джайлс перевел умоляющий взгляд на лудильщика, но тот внезапно заснул.
Диккенс, Чарльз / Приключения Оливера ТвистаDickens, Charles / Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
Dickens, Charles
© 1990 by Random House, Inc.
Приключения Оливера Твиста
Диккенс, Чарльз
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1958

Should we tinker with the human gene?
Следует ли нам возиться с человеческим геном?
Toffler, Alvin / Future ShockТоффлер, Элвин / Шок Будущего
Шок Будущего
Тоффлер, Элвин
© Alvin Toffler, 1970
© Перевод. К. Бурмистров, 2001
© Перевод. Л. Бурмистрова, 2001
© Перевод. Е. Комарова, 2001
© Перевод. В. Кулагина-Ярцева, 2001
© Перевод. А. Микиша, 2001
© Перевод. А. Мирер, 2001
© Перевод. И. Москвина-Тарханова, 2001
© Перевод. Е. Руднева, 2001
© Перевод. Н. Хмелик, 2001
Future Shock
Toffler, Alvin
© 1970 by Alvin Toffler

'What lay are you upon?' asked the tinker.
– Чем промышляешь? – спросил медник.
Dickens, Charles / David CopperfieldДиккенс, Чарльз / Жизнь Дэвида Копперфилда
Жизнь Дэвида Копперфилда
Диккенс, Чарльз
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1959
David Copperfield
Dickens, Charles
© CRW Publishing Limited 2004

I know an old woman of sixty-five who ran away with a bald-headed young tinker once.
Я знал когда-то старушку шестидесяти пяти лет, которая сбежала с одним плешивым молодым жестянщиком.
Melville, Herman / Moby Dick Or The WhaleМелвилл, Герман / Моби Дик, или Белый Кит
Моби Дик, или Белый Кит
Мелвилл, Герман
© Издательство «Художественная литература», 1981
Moby Dick Or The Whale
Melville, Herman
© Northwestern University Press and The Newberry Library, 1988

The tinker whose tailgate they were borrowing for a perch was a dark, handsome man with a ring in each ear and a bright red scarf tied to the wrist of his left hand.
Хозяином фургона, на задке которого сидели подруги, был смуглый симпатичный парень с серьгами в ушах и ярко‑красной повязкой на запястье левой руки.
De Lint, Charles / The Riddle of the WrenДе Линт, Чарльз / Загадка поющих камней
Загадка поющих камней
Де Линт, Чарльз
The Riddle of the Wren
De Lint, Charles
© 1984 by Charles de Lint

The tinker stood by the door, staring down the hall to where he could see the front of the building.
Маркдж'н стоял у самой двери, откуда ему был виден холл и передняя часть здания.
De Lint, Charles / The Riddle of the WrenДе Линт, Чарльз / Загадка поющих камней
Загадка поющих камней
Де Линт, Чарльз
The Riddle of the Wren
De Lint, Charles
© 1984 by Charles de Lint

In fact, as a scion of the martial clan of Aono, he felt disgraced by having to fiddle with bandages and tinker with clysters!
Он, отпрыск воинственного рода Аоно, вынужден возиться с бинтами и к-клистирными трубками!
Акунин, Борис / ЛевиафанAkunin, Boris / Murder on the Leviathan
Murder on the Leviathan
Akunin, Boris
© 1998 Boris Akunin
© Andrew Bromfield, translation
Левиафан
Акунин, Борис
© В. Akunin, 2004
© Полный текст романа впервые был опубликован в издательстве "Захаров" в 1998 г.
© Издательство «ОЛMA-ПРЕСС». Издание и оформление, 2004

He shifted to "Tinker in the Kitchen."
Мэт затянул "Лудильщика на кухне".
Jordan, Robert / The Fires of HeavenДжордан, Роберт / Огни небес
Огни небес
Джордан, Роберт
The Fires of Heaven
Jordan, Robert
© 1993 by The Bandersnatch Group, Inc.

"There you clench the nail," returned the Tinker.
— Это вы в самую точку, — поддержал Жестянщик.
Dickens, Charles / Tom Tiddler's GroundДиккенс, Чарльз / Земля Тома Тиддлера
Земля Тома Тиддлера
Диккенс, Чарльз
© Издательство «Художественная Литература», 1962 г.
Tom Tiddler's Ground
Dickens, Charles
© 2009 by Cosimo, Inc.

A man in a bright yellow coat stood near to Perrin's shoulder, a sword strapped to his back; in some way she knew that he was a Tinker, though no Tinker would even touch a sword.
У плеча Перрина стоит мужчина в ярко-желтом кафтане, за спиной незнакомца - меч. Откуда-то Эгвейн знала, что он - Лудильщик, но ведь ни один Лудильщик к мечу не притронется.
Jordan, Robert / The Fires of HeavenДжордан, Роберт / Огни небес
Огни небес
Джордан, Роберт
The Fires of Heaven
Jordan, Robert
© 1993 by The Bandersnatch Group, Inc.

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'tɪŋkəNounлудильщик; медник; жестянщик

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1.
lingvolive.com/ru-ru/translate/ru-en/лудильщик
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2.
медник; жестянщик; лудильщик
translation added by Евгений Жабаровский
Bronze en-ru
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3.
звоночек (колокольный, например)
translation added by Светлана Митина
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4.
озорник + ещё масса других значений, поэтому проще посмотреть в словаре
translation added by Holy Moly
Gold en-ru
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Collocations

tinker about

возиться с техникой

not to give a tinker's cuss

наплевать

not to give a tinker's cuss

не волноваться

I don't care a tinker's curse

мне совершенно наплевать

Word forms

tinker

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	tinker	tinkers
Possessive case	tinker's	tinkers'

tinker

verb

Basic forms
Past	tinkered
Imperative	tinker
Present Participle (Participle I)	tinkering
Past Participle (Participle II)	tinkered

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I tinker	we tinker
you tinker	you tinker
he/she/it tinkers	they tinker

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am tinkering	we are tinkering
you are tinkering	you are tinkering
he/she/it is tinkering	they are tinkering

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have tinkered	we have tinkered
you have tinkered	you have tinkered
he/she/it has tinkered	they have tinkered

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been tinkering	we have been tinkering
you have been tinkering	you have been tinkering
he/she/it has been tinkering	they have been tinkering

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I tinkered	we tinkered
you tinkered	you tinkered
he/she/it tinkered	they tinkered

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was tinkering	we were tinkering
you were tinkering	you were tinkering
he/she/it was tinkering	they were tinkering

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had tinkered	we had tinkered
you had tinkered	you had tinkered
he/she/it had tinkered	they had tinkered

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been tinkering	we had been tinkering
you had been tinkering	you had been tinkering
he/she/it had been tinkering	they had been tinkering

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will tinker	we shall/will tinker
you will tinker	you will tinker
he/she/it will tinker	they will tinker

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be tinkering	we shall/will be tinkering
you will be tinkering	you will be tinkering
he/she/it will be tinkering	they will be tinkering

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have tinkered	we shall/will have tinkered
you will have tinkered	you will have tinkered
he/she/it will have tinkered	they will have tinkered

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been tinkering	we shall/will have been tinkering
you will have been tinkering	you will have been tinkering
he/she/it will have been tinkering	they will have been tinkering

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would tinker	we should/would tinker
you would tinker	you would tinker
he/she/it would tinker	they would tinker

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be tinkering	we should/would be tinkering
you would be tinkering	you would be tinkering
he/she/it would be tinkering	they would be tinkering

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have tinkered	we should/would have tinkered
you would have tinkered	you would have tinkered
he/she/it would have tinkered	they would have tinkered

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been tinkering	we should/would have been tinkering
you would have been tinkering	you would have been tinkering
he/she/it would have been tinkering	they would have been tinkering

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am tinkered	we are tinkered
you are tinkered	you are tinkered
he/she/it is tinkered	they are tinkered

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being tinkered	we are being tinkered
you are being tinkered	you are being tinkered
he/she/it is being tinkered	they are being tinkered

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been tinkered	we have been tinkered
you have been tinkered	you have been tinkered
he/she/it has been tinkered	they have been tinkered

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was tinkered	we were tinkered
you were tinkered	you were tinkered
he/she/it was tinkered	they were tinkered

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being tinkered	we were being tinkered
you were being tinkered	you were being tinkered
he/she/it was being tinkered	they were being tinkered

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been tinkered	we had been tinkered
you had been tinkered	you had been tinkered
he/she/it had been tinkered	they had been tinkered

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be tinkered	we shall/will be tinkered
you will be tinkered	you will be tinkered
he/she/it will be tinkered	they will be tinkered

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been tinkered	we shall/will have been tinkered
you will have been tinkered	you will have been tinkered
he/she/it will have been tinkered	they will have been tinkered

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