whatchamacallit
美 [ˈwɑːtʃəməkɔːlɪt]英 [ˈwɒtʃəməkɔːlɪt]
- n.(想不起名称时说)叫什么来着
whatchamacallit
noun
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- something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
- she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket
- there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use
- Synonym: doodad doohickey doojigger gimmick gizmo gismo gubbins thingamabob thingumabob thingmabob thingamajig thingumajig thingmajig thingummy whatchamacallum whatsis widget
数据来源:WordNet
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Have you got a whatchamacallit ? You know … a screwdriver ?
你有一把…叫什么来着的?你知道的…螺丝刀吗?
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He 's a first class VIP airport whatchamacallit .
机场的头等贵宾什么的。
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Li Hua , you can 't just start calling everything a whatchamacallit !
我不知道这个东西叫digitalmusicplayer,所以我就用你教我的这个词whatchamacallit。
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I forget what the thing I need is called , so I just call it a whatchamacallit .
哎,在这种情况下,不就像我们在中文里说的“那个叫什么来啦”?
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LL : When you don ' 't remember the real name of the thing you are talking about , you might say whatchamacallit .
原来是你叫不出一样东西的名字时候你就可以说它是whatchamacallit。