释义
v.
interfere with (something) in order to cause damage or make unauthorized alterations
做手脚；破坏
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someone tampered with the brakes of my car. 有人在我汽车的刹车上做了手脚。
n.
a person or thing that tamps something down, especially a machine or tool for tamping down earth or ballast
夯工；打夯机。
词源
"mid 16th cent. （in the sense ‘busy oneself to a particular end, machinate’）： alteration of the verb