| 释义 |
gismo U.S. slang.|ˈgɪzməʊ|
Also gizmo.
[Origin unknown.]
A gadget, gimmick, ‘thingumajig’ (see quots.).
1943Time 19 July 69/1 Gizmo—a term of universal significance, capable of meaning ‘gadget’, ‘stuff’, ‘thing’, ‘whozis’ or almost anything else the speaker wants it to. 1949R. A. Heinlein Red Planet iii. 26 Now what is this gismo? When you brought it aboard I thought it was a volley ball. 1954C. Williams Touch of Death (1955) i. 7 She was working the strap of the halter gizmo up between her arm and her side. 1967Observer 21 May 21/2 To help him ‘shoot’ [photographs], he used..a ‘gismo’—a small cardboard tube which he presses against the camera lens. 1970New Yorker 1 Aug. 26/3 Every gismo that made use of a clothes hanger will be demonstrated by its inventor. |