dingus

FREQ #46142

n. 小装置, 小机件

发音

US /ˈdɪŋɡəs/

词形变化

dingi dinguses 复数 dinguses

别名

dinges

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A gadget, device, or object whose name is either unknown, forgotten, or omitted for the purpose of humor.

    加拿大 南非 美国 非正式

    Drill #40 the .094 [2.4 mm] holes in the dingus. Dimple the #40 holes.

  2. 2.

    A foolish, incompetent, or silly person.

    加拿大 美国 贬义 幽默 非正式

    I just lost my keys again. Now I feel like a dingus.

  3. 3.

    The penis.

    俚语 粗俗

词源

Probably of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Dutch dinges (“thingamajig, thingy; whatshisname, whatshername”), ding (“thing”). Probably also partly a borrowing from Afrikaans in view of its South African occurrence. The spelling dingus is remodeled to look like a Latin word ending in -us.

来源：wiktionary