doodad

n. 便宜货；新出品；小玩意儿

发音

/ˈduːdæd/

词形变化

doodads 复数 doodads

别名

do-dad doodab doodah doo-dad dodad dodab

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Used to refer to something whose name one cannot recall: an unspecified device, gadget, part, or thing.

    My mom has a clever doodad for peeling oranges.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

gizmo gimmick whatchamacallit thingamajig dojigger doohickey gismo gubbins thingamabob thingmabob

上位词 1

stuff

词源

Unknown; attested since the 1880s. Compare earlier daud (“a piece of something”), later doohickey (“a thing (whose name one cannot recall)”), dialectal dad, dadge (“a large piece, chunk”).

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