doohickey

n. 小玩意, 小装置, 窍门

发音

US /ˈduhɪki/

词形变化

do-hinky doo-hickey doohickeys 复数 doohickeys

别名

do-hickey doohickie doohickii doohicky dohickey doo-hickey do-hinky doohinky

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall)

    俚语

    What does this doohickey do?

词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

gizmo gimmick whatchamacallit doo-dad thingamajig dojigger gismo gubbins thingamabob thingmabob

上位词 1

stuff

词源

First attested 1914, of uncertain origin, probably from doodad + hickey.

来源：wiktionary