thingamabob

n. <口>(用以指某人或某事)某人, 某件东西

发音

AU

词形变化

thingamabobs 复数 thingamabobs

别名

thingabob thingamebob thingamabobber thingamybob thingmabob thingumabob thingumbob thingumebob thingummabob thingummybob thingymabob

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten.

    俚语

    1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados "The tin thingamabob," insisted Mr. Trigget with slow dignity. "Call it what you will. Its purpose is self-evident. It acts as a dispirator—a distributor, that is to say—"

词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

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

上位词 1

stuff

词源

Alteration of thingumbob: obsolete thingum (from thing) + bob. Earliest citation from 1751, as thingumbobs.

来源：wiktionary