whatchamacallit

FREQ #45412

n. =what-you-may-call-it

发音

UK /ˈwɒtʃəməˌkɔːlɪt/
US /ˈwʌt͡ʃəməˌkɔlɪt/
US /ˈwʌt͡ʃməˌkɑlɪt/
AU /ˈwɔtʃəməˌkɔːɫət/

词形变化

whatchamacall'em whatchamacallem whatchamacallits 复数 whatchamacallits whatchamacallem 复数 whatchamacall'em 复数

别名

whachamacallit whatchacallit what-do-you-call-it whatdyecallem what-you-call-it what-you-may-call-it

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember; a doodad, gizmo, thingamajig, thingy.

    那个那个

    那个东西

    东东

    咩嘢

    乜东东

    某

    𠮶

    非正式

词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

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

上位词 1

stuff

词源

Univerbation and contraction of what you may call it. United States, 20th century (recorded in 1921).

来源：wiktionary