tamper: [16] Tamper began life as a variant of temper. It originally meant ‘mix clay together with water to make it suitable for use’. However, the notion of ‘mixing’ seems to lead on naturally to ‘interference’ (meddle originally meant ‘mix’), and by the end of the 16th century we find that ‘tampering with clay’ had moved on to ‘tampering with anything’ – ‘interfering’ with it. => temper
tamper (v.)
"meddle, interfere," 1560s, figurative use of tamper "to work in clay, etc., so as to mix it thoroughly," probably originally a variant of temper (v.), which is how it often was spelled at first. Perhaps it is a dialectal workmen's pronunciation. Related: Tampered; tampering.
tamper (n.)
"one who or that which tamps," 1864, agent noun from tamp (v.).
实用例句
1. a tamper-proof identity card
防涂改身份卡
来自《权威词典》
2. Please don't tamper with the clock radio.
请不要瞎弄那只收音机闹钟.
来自辞典例句
3. Don't tamper with that car.
不要乱碰那部车子.
来自辞典例句
4. Who are they to tamper with the rules of the game?
他们凭什么擅自修改比赛规则?
来自互联网
5. Cabinet tamper and Siren tamper monitoring via System Inputs.
