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whatchamacallit

/ˈwɒtʃəməkɔːlɪt/ /ˈwʌt-/

Meanings
noun

东西，玩意儿, 那个东西。

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

Examples :

""Could you please pass me that whatchamacallit? You know, the thing we use to open jars." "
你能把那个…那个东西递给我吗？就是我们用来开罐子的那个。
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Related Words

Illustration could

could verb

/kʊd/ /kəd/

可以，能够.

"My teacher said I could retake the test if I studied hard. "

我的老师说如果我努力学习，我可以重考。

Illustration cannot

cannot noun

/kəˈnɑt/ /kæˈnɒt/ /kə(n)ˈnɑt/

不可能的事，办不到的事

"the cans and cannots"

能做到的和做不到的事

Illustration object

object noun

/ˈɒb.d͡ʒɛkt/ /ˈɑb.d͡ʒɛkt/

物体，东西

"The student's favorite object in her classroom was a colorful globe. "

这个学生在教室里最喜欢的物体是一个色彩鲜艳的地球仪。

Illustration please

please verb

/pliːz/ /pliz/

使高兴，取悦，使满意。

"Her presentation pleased the executives."

她的演示让高管们很满意。

Illustration whose

whose pronoun

/huːz/

谁的

"Several people have lost their suitcases. Whose have you found?"

好几个人都丢了行李箱，你找到的是谁的？

Illustration thingy

thingy noun

/ˈθɪŋiː/ /ˈθɪŋi/

东西，玩意儿

""Could you hand me that thingy? You know, the red plastic thing we use to open jars." "

你能把那个东西递给我吗？ 就是那个红色的塑料玩意儿，我们用来开罐头的。

Illustration doodad

doodad noun

/ˈduːdæd/ /ˈduːˌdæd/

小玩意儿，小物件。

"My mom has a clever doodad for peeling oranges."

我妈妈有个剥橘子的小玩意儿，挺巧妙的。

Illustration gizmo

gizmo noun

/ˈɡɪzmoʊ/

小玩意儿，小装置。

""I need to find a gizmo to hold my phone on my bike handlebars, but I don't know what they're actually called." "

我需要找个小玩意儿把我的手机固定在自行车把手上，但我不知道它到底叫什么。

Illustration remember

remember verb

/ɹɪˈmɛmbə/ /ɹɪˈmɛmbɚ/

记得，记住， 铭记。

"I remember my grandmother's smile; it's a clear image in my mind. "

我记得我奶奶的笑容，那笑容在我脑海里非常清晰。

Illustration speaker

speaker noun

/ˈspiːkə/ /ˈspikɚ/

发言者，演讲者

"The speaker at the school assembly encouraged students to be respectful. "

在学校集会上，发言者鼓励学生们要互相尊重。

Illustration actual

actual noun

/ˈak(t)ʃj(ʊ)əl/ /ˈæk(t)ʃ(əw)əl/

实际，现实。

"The actual winner of the science fair project was Emily, not David. "

科学展览项目的实际获胜者是艾米丽，不是大卫。

Illustration thingamajig

thingamajig noun

/ˈθɪŋəmədʒɪɡ/ /ˈθɪŋɡəmədʒɪɡ/

东西，玩意儿，物件

"He used this, this... this thingamajig you saw him with the other day to fix the problem."

他用那个，那个…就是你前几天看到他用的那个东西，把问题解决了。