doohickey
英 ['duːhɪkɪ]
美['duhɪki]
- n. 窍门；小玩意；装置
中文词源
doohickey 那玩意儿
俚语，来自doodad和hickey的组合词。
英英释意
- 1. something whose name is either forgotten or not known
英文词源
- doohickey (n.)
- also doohicky, a name for something one doesn't know the name of, 1914, American English, arbitrary formation.
实用场景例句
- I want the doohickey in the middle of the bench.
- 在板凳当中的那个,给你. Larry,这个东西是干什么用的?
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- LL: Put the apple here like this And then turn the handle the doohickey.
- 这玩艺儿既能削皮,挖掉苹果的核还能把苹果切成片,有这么多功能呀.
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- A doohickey is an apple corer, peeler and slicer.
- 这是个集(果实)去心, 削皮和切片为一体的小装置.
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- LL : Well, first you stick the entire doohickey on a flat surface of a table.
- 先把这工具放在平的桌面上.我来试试, 看看这个东西是怎么切苹果的.
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- This doohickey is one of the greatest inventions of all time.
- 在板凳当中的那个,给你.
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