单词 | gadget |
释义 | gadgetn. 1. Glass-making. A spring clip attached to a metal rod and used for gripping the foot of a wine glass or other footed glass while the upper part is being shaped. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > glass-making equipment > [noun] > shaping equipment ferret1662 punty1662 puntilion1665 pucellas1701 casting-table1728 marble1745 pinching tongs1765 borsella1823 punt1823 marver1832 pontil1832 punto1839 working tube1841 bullion-bar1852 blowing-iron1855 bullion-rod1862 blowpipec1865 pointel1865 gadget1868 casting-slaba1877 casting-plate1881 glass-cutter1881 sand core1894 polissoir1897 pontil rod1934 blowing-machine1940 blowing-pipe- blowing-tube- 1868 10th Rep. Commissioners Organization & Rules Trades Unions 37/1 in Parl. Papers XXXIX. 445 This wine-glass which I have in my hand was made on the gadget, a small piece of machinery that does away with cutting in the centre of the foot. 1918 P. Marson Glass 83 The servitor has now done his part of the work, and the glass is handed to the workman. It is then cracked off, and the foot caught by a spring clip arrangement attached to a pontil, called a ‘gadget’. 1923 H. J. Powell Glass-making in Eng. 43 Gadget, a spring-clip, attached to a puntee, to hold foot of wine glass, while the bowl is being finished, in order to prevent puntee-mark. 2005 C. Hess & K. Wight Looking at Glass 82 A gadget is a metal rod with a spring clip... It was first used in the eighteenth century to avoid the use of a pontil. 2. a. Used as an indefinite name for: a (small) mechanical or electronic device, esp. one regarded as ingenious or novel; an ingenious or practical device or tool. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > part of > other parts tumbler1624 tirl1691 pullback1703 gadget1885 loop1912 doojigger1927 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking > a device or contrivance > gadget jigger1874 gadget1885 timenoguy1886 toy1895 widget1924 gimmick1926 boondoggle1935 gizmo1943 1885 Amateur Work, Illustr. 148/3 Grinding [of glass surface plates] is tedious you say. So it is. How shall we lighten it? Eureka! Get the secret accelerating ‘gadget’. Clap it on, and presto! Sixty-four renovated square inches per hour guaranteed. 1897 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign xii. 314 Each time my gun refuses to go off. I have forgotten to turn on or off some little gadjet or other. 1915 R. Kipling New Army iv. 39 They have installed decent cooking ranges and gas, and the men have already made themselves all sorts of handy little labour-saving gadgets. 1918 Glasgow Evening News 14 Sept. 6 There are a variety of gadjets connected with a motor-car; an aeroplane is replete with them—thermometer, barometer, altimeter, and the pilot only knows what besides. 1985 A la Carte Apr. 39/3 You'll need..some kitchen gadgets: wire whisk, grater, ladle, measuring spoons and cup. 1996 R. Carfagna Divine Designs vii. 121 All sorts of computers, printers, CD-ROM's [sic], laser discs, LCD panels, and other assorted high-tech gadgets. 2017 New Scientist 7 Jan. 19/1 Wearable gadgets such as smartwatches or fitness trackers could use the characteristic way you move to securely pair with other devices on your person. b. In extended use. An additional or supplementary item; an accessory, appendage, or extra. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > accompaniment > [noun] > that which accompanies purtenancea1382 accessory1429 retinue?a1439 accessaryc1475 companion1533 annexe?1541 hanger-ona1555 supply1567 copemate1581 complement1586 fere1593 adjective1597 annexment1604 annexary1605 attendant1607 adherence1610 adjacent1610 wife1616 fellower1620 coincident1626 attendancy1654 associate1658 appanage1663 conjunct1667 perquisite1667 familiar1668 satellite1702 accompaniment1709 accompanying1761 side dish1775 obbligato1825 shadow1830 rider1859 gadget1917 1917 Daily Chron. 3 Aug. The Prussian assessor [= state lawyer] with his monocle and ornamental gadgets. 1922 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 421/1 I had to work with concordances, glossaries, all sorts of gadgets. 1925 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 423 Another waiter offered a selection of ‘gadgets’,—the appetising morsels of anchovy, stuffed-olive, or pâté. 1973 S. C. Welch & M. Zebrowski Flower from Every Meadow 116/1 The prince is..surrounded by a battery of ornamental gadgets, such as water pipes, salvers of sweetmeats, boxes of prepared betel nut (pan), his shield, and flowers. c. An ingenious or novel procedure; an ingenious trick or scheme; a gimmick. See also gadget play n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > available means or a resource > a device, contrivance, or expedient costOE craftOE custc1275 ginc1275 devicec1290 enginec1300 quaintisec1300 contrevurec1330 castc1340 knackc1369 findinga1382 wilea1400 conject14.. skiftc1400 policy?1406 subtilityc1410 policec1450 conjecturea1464 industry1477 invention1516 cunning1526 shift1530 compass1540 chevisance1548 trade1550 tour1558 fashion1562 invent?1567 expediment1571 trick1573 ingeny1588 machine1595 lock1598 contrival1602 contrivement1611 artifice1620 recipea1643 ingenuity1651 expedient1653 contrivance1661 excogitation1664 mechanism1669 expediency1683 stroke1699 spell1728 management1736 manoeuvre1769 move1794 wrinkle1817 dodge1842 jigamaree1847 quiff1881 kink1889 lurk1916 gadget1920 fastie1931 ploy1940 1920 P. G. Wodehouse in Collier's 29 May 38/2 He wondered whether he had made a frightful ass of himself, spraying bank notes all over the place... No, absolutely not. Rummy as the gadget might appear, it had been the right thing to do. 1941 L. R. Gibbs Antioch Rev. 1 54 A perception of the danger of breaking from tradition in order to adopt some brand-new political gadget. 2010 E. R. Morse Juggernaut 422 Like all free insurance, these economic gadgets tend to encourage riskier behaviour. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [noun] > thing or person whose name is forgotten or unknown swilk and swilkc1175 thinga1325 what-call-ye-him1473 who knows what?1548 I don't know (also I know not, I wot not) what1568 God (also (the) Lord) knows (also wot) what1569 washical1575 what-d'ye-call-'em1593 so-and-so1596 whiblin1604 so-fortha1616 jiggumboba1625 know-not-whata1642 thingum1652 thingum-thangum1684 what's-his-name1697 something or other1706 thingummy1737 thingamabob1751 something1764 what's-her-name1816 conundrum1817 thingamerry1819 thingamajig1824 somebody1825 what's-its-name1839 whangdoodle1852 thingummytite1865 dingus1866 what-not1876 whatsita1882 gilguy1883 gadget1886 dingbat1894 doohickey1914 oojah1917 oojah capivvy1917 oojiboo1918 doodad1920 tiddlypush1923 whosis1923 thingy1927 doodah1928 doofer1937 hootenanny1940 whatchamacallit1942 gizmo1943 frammis1948 whosit1948 whifflow1961 oobyjiver1963 whatsisface1967 oojamaflip1970 what's-her-face1980 1886 R. Brown Spunyarn & Spindrift xxxi. 378 Then the names of all the other things on board a ship! I don't know half of them yet; even the sailors forget at times, and if the exact name of anything they want happens to slip from their memory, they call it a chicken-fixing, or a gadjet, or a gill-guy, or a timmey-noggy, or a wim-wom—just pro tem., you know. 1886 Proc. U.S. Naval Inst. 12 283 We encourage the use of flimsy devices, the ‘gilguys and gadgets’ dear to the heart of the topman in a man-of-war. 1914 ‘Bartimeus’ Naval Occasions 142 ‘Look here, old lady, here's a gadget I got for you—’ he fumbled with the tissue paper enclosing a little leather case. 1918 R. W. Kauffman Our Navy at War xiii. 194 You know, in the Marines, when we can't think of the generic name for anything, we call it a ‘gadget’ or a ‘gilguy’. Now, this man has won two Congressional Medals and has another coming. When we sighted the French coast..I heard him say: ‘I got two o' them gadgets now, an' one on its way. I wonder if I'll get another over here.’ 4. A winch or similar mechanical gear used in unloading cargo from vessels; (also) a boat or vessel equipped with such gear. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] > for hoisting things into or out of ship garnet1485 derrick1756 stay-tackle1815 gin1836 gadget1891 1891 App. Jrnls. House of Representatives N.Z. (2nd Sess. 11th Parl.) I. C.–3. 114 Before the cranes we had what was called the gadget or shifting shoots. 1899 Bristol Times & Mirror 10 June 3/8 The gadget which was used in the discharge of vessels was being towed down the Harbour... The man who was steering the gadget rather lost his head... There was ample room for the gadget to have passed through if it had been steered properly. 1931 Bristol Times & Mirror 16 May Pulley gear was rigged to the stays or spars of the sailing ship over the hold, and the heaving rope passed to the winch drum of the gadget lying alongside. 1960 Shipping World 13 Jan. 44/1 The original ‘Gadget’ was also the invention of a Bristol master stevedore in the 1870's; it consisted of a barge on which was mounted a steam winch powered by a donkey boiler. Compounds C1. General attributive, appositive, objective, and instrumental (in sense 2a). ΚΠ 1914 Aeroplane 29 Jan. 114/2 The arrival of the fool-proof aeroplane, which the birth of ‘gadget’ devices seems to herald. 1924 Illustr. London News 24 May 931/2 A paradise for the ‘gadget-loving’ boy. 1941 Amer. Speech 16 316/2 Gadget bag, a case for camera accessories. 1945 Poetry Q. Winter 148 The kind of air-conditioned, chromium-plated, gadget-ridden existence which is now considered desirable. 1964 E. A. Nida Toward Sci. Translating xii. 252 Of course, MT does capture the imagination, especially of the gadget-minded public. 2017 Independent (Nexis) 8 May 37 I'm a bit of a gadget freak sometimes and other times I just want to throw all technology into the sea. C2. gadget-happy adj. obsessed with or characterized by the acquisition of gadgets. ΚΠ 1946 Consumers' Guide (U.S.) May 16/1 Job-hungry GI's and gadget happy housewives make shining targets for swindlers. 1992 Economist 11 Jan. 67/3 Oddly for a gadget-happy nation, the Japanese computer-users buy in old-fashioned ways. 2005 Wall St. Jrnl. 14 Nov. (Central ed.) b6/3 The personal DVD player often seen on the airplane tray tables of gadget-happy business travelers. gadget play n. American Football an unusual and often elaborate offensive play, in which misdirection and unorthodox tactics are used to deceive the opposing team; a trick play. ΚΠ 1959 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 13 Aug. 45/5 Los Angeles Rams' coach Sid Gillman says he expects to see many unorthodox, ‘gadget’ plays this season in pro football... ‘Gadget plays, when they work, make the defense feel ridiculous.’ 1995 A. Hooper Front Page Sports Football PRO '95 ii. 65/1 They need to consider running a more inventive scheme, employing misdirection and the occasional gadget play. 2010 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 11 Aug. b1/3 He also ran many gadget plays during his four-year tenure with the Steelers. Derivatives gadgeˈteer n. a person given to acquiring or using gadgets; (occasionally) an inventor of gadgets. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific tools or equipment > [noun] > with other specific tools or equipment presser1545 stamper1556 blocker1609 benchman1658 engineman1777 squaremanc1790 kettleman1833 vice-man1837 poleman1859 tackle-man1859 ladler1875 sand-blaster?1881 ticket chopper1898 cager1908 gadgeteer1926 paint sprayer1928 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking > a device or contrivance > user or maker of gadgeteer1926 1926 Times of India 16 Nov. 11/2 Having bought it [sc. a gadget], why is it so often neglected or even ill-treated? Is it the fault of the gadget, or the gadgeteer? 1964 M. Gowing Brit. & Atomic Energy 1939–45 ii. 82 They did not even commit the error ascribed to ‘gadgeteers’, of believing they had a monopoly of their invention. 2014 Independent (Nexis) 20 Dec. There are gifts for hardcore gadgeteers, big kids and fitness fans. ˈgadgetry n. gadgets collectively; the use of gadgets. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking > a device or contrivance > collectively gadgetry1920 gimmickry1952 1920 Brit. Weekly & Christian World 19 Aug. 4/1 The door of my bedroom in one great American hotel was a blazing triumph of sheer gadgetry. 1957 London Mag. Aug. 52 It is a scarcely individualized appetite that desires gadgetry and goods, and calls them Utopia. 1967 Daily Tel. 29 Mar. 12/7 Despite the latest gadgetry—echo-sounders, freezer trawlers, automatic gear—the commercial sea fisherman remains basically a hunter. 2014 Daily Mirror 15 Aug. 48 Why not think about investing in some on-the-go gadgetry to help with the stresses that come from busy everyday life. ˈgadgety adj. having the qualities or characteristics of a gadget; fitted with a gadget or gadgets; given to acquiring or using gadgets. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [adjective] > parts of take-off1869 spring-loaded1871 retractile1879 gadgety1934 1934 Harper's Mag. July 178/2 The car of 1934 with its excess hood and fenders looks as gadgety and awkward as the first of the ‘fore-door bodies’ look to us to-day. 1962 Punch 19 Sept. 397/1 A good gadgety camera. 1987 Orange Coast Aug. 159/1 Bond became so ‘gadgety’ with each film that by the time You Only Live Twice (1967) was released, he'd become more of a mechanical comic book hero than anything else. 2016 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 20 Oct. (Features section) 10 The hotel..has retained many of the original features..whilst also providing all the gadgety mod-cons a tech savvy guest could wish for. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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