英语词汇“what-you-may-call-it”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

An appellation for a thing or person whose name the speaker forgets, does not know or wish to mention, or thinks not worth mentioning. Also occasionally substituted for any word (e.g. an adjective) which the speaker fails to recall.

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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

1639 J. Taylor Divers Crabtree Lect. 217 I..gave her a sound spurnne upon the Buttocks:..O my what doe you call't, said shee.

1650 A. Cowley Guardian v. v. sig. E3^v Dog. .. How the what-d'ye-call-'um runs? What do ye call it? Pun. Time, Sir.

1673 J. Milton On New Forcers of Conscience in Poems (new ed.) 69 By shallow Edwards and Scotch what d'ye call.

1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper iii. i. 30 His Father was Squire what d'you call him, of what d'you call 'em Shire.

1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub Pref. 17 Spoken by Mr. Whatdicall'um.

1752 S. Foote Taste ii. 25 She was a kind of a what d' ye call 'em..a sort of a Queen or Wife, or something or other to somebody, that liv'd a damn'd while ago.

1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VIII. xix. 88 There being so many tendons and what-d'ye-call-'ems all about it [sc. the knee].

1773 H. Walpole Let. to W. Cole 8 Jan. Mr. What-d'ye-call-him's pamphlet.

1779 F. Burney Let. June in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 318 Miss what d'ye call her.

1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London III. ix. 257 We..went to that public house or what-d'ye-call, in Piccadilly.

1827 W. Scott Chron. Canongate iii There is good accommodation at the what-d'ye-call-'em arms.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxv. 244 To break up old associations and what-do-you-callems of that kind.

1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 74 As legitimate a subject of human study as the glacial period or the silurian what-d'ye-call-ems.

1875 F. E. Trollope Charming Fellow i College is out of the question..unless he entered himself as a what-do-you-call-it?.. A sizar.

β. In contracted forms whatd'ecalt, what d'ee cal't, what-d'ye-caw't, whatchicalt, what-sha-callum, etc. (cf. [see washical n.]. ): sometimes analysed as = what shall I call..? Obsolete1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 20 Hollinsheads engrosing; some-bodies abridging; and whatchicaltes translating.1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. ii. sig. B4 Didst thou not see a fellow here in a what-sha-callum doublet? 1632 R. Brome Northern Lasse v. v Your great acquaintance, and alliance in the Whatshicall Court Non obstante.1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew ii. sig. G1^v Rogue enough though, to offer us his whatd'ecalts? his Doxies.1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 121 What think you Sir of your what-sha'come Water and Diascord?1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid ii. xxviii. 188 It is called also the not-named, or (a whats you call) an unknown Sore, no body knows what it is.1673 S'too him Bayes 55 I came onely to..be a witness for the orthodoxness of what d'ee cal't.1691 A. D'Anvers Academia 10 'Tis, let me see, now, whach'ee call, Syncategorematical.a1807 J. Skinner Amusem. Leisure Hours (1809) 98 That camsteary what-d' ye-caw't (I think it's genius, walie fa't).1820 W. Scott Abbot II. xi. 350 My Lady What-shall-call'um's powder.γ. So what-ye (or -you) -call(-it) (later usually what-you-may-call-it) [ [see what pron., adj.¹, and adv. 5b]. .] 1598 G. Chapman Blinde Begger of Alexandria sig. D^v Eli. Why hees a what you calt. Mar. A what you call it can you not name it.a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. iii. 66 Good euen good M^r what ye cal't.a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) iii. 42 Lis. Heeres your first weapon ducks meat. Sim. How, a dutch what you call em, Stead of a German falchion.1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxvii. 272 There is no What's-his-name but Thingummy, and What-you-may-call-it is his prophet!1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne xxiv Fine place, Bob; built by the what-you-may-call-its.1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed ix. 181 Say good-bye to the what-you-call-um girl.

单词	what-you-may-call-it
释义	> as lemmas what-you-may-call-it An appellation for a thing or person whose name the speaker forgets, does not know or wish to mention, or thinks not worth mentioning. Also occasionally substituted for any word (e.g. an adjective) which the speaker fails to recall. 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 1639 J. Taylor Divers Crabtree Lect. 217 I..gave her a sound spurnne upon the Buttocks:..O my what doe you call't, said shee. 1650 A. Cowley Guardian v. v. sig. E3^v Dog. .. How the what-d'ye-call-'um runs? What do ye call it? Pun. Time, Sir. 1673 J. Milton On New Forcers of Conscience in Poems (new ed.) 69 By shallow Edwards and Scotch what d'ye call. 1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper iii. i. 30 His Father was Squire what d'you call him, of what d'you call 'em Shire. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub Pref. 17 Spoken by Mr. Whatdicall'um. 1752 S. Foote Taste ii. 25 She was a kind of a what d' ye call 'em..a sort of a Queen or Wife, or something or other to somebody, that liv'd a damn'd while ago. 1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VIII. xix. 88 There being so many tendons and what-d'ye-call-'ems all about it [sc. the knee]. 1773 H. Walpole Let. to W. Cole 8 Jan. Mr. What-d'ye-call-him's pamphlet. 1779 F. Burney Let. June in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 318 Miss what d'ye call her. 1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London III. ix. 257 We..went to that public house or what-d'ye-call, in Piccadilly. 1827 W. Scott Chron. Canongate iii There is good accommodation at the what-d'ye-call-'em arms. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxv. 244 To break up old associations and what-do-you-callems of that kind. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 74 As legitimate a subject of human study as the glacial period or the silurian what-d'ye-call-ems. 1875 F. E. Trollope Charming Fellow i College is out of the question..unless he entered himself as a what-do-you-call-it?.. A sizar. β. In contracted forms whatd'ecalt, what d'ee cal't, what-d'ye-caw't, whatchicalt, what-sha-callum, etc. (cf. [see washical n.]. ): sometimes analysed as = what shall I call..? Obsolete1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 20 Hollinsheads engrosing; some-bodies abridging; and whatchicaltes translating.1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. ii. sig. B4 Didst thou not see a fellow here in a what-sha-callum doublet? View more context for this quotation1632 R. Brome Northern Lasse v. v Your great acquaintance, and alliance in the Whatshicall Court Non obstante.1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew ii. sig. G1^v Rogue enough though, to offer us his whatd'ecalts? his Doxies.1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 121 What think you Sir of your what-sha'come Water and Diascord?1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid ii. xxviii. 188 It is called also the not-named, or (a whats you call) an unknown Sore, no body knows what it is.1673 S'too him Bayes 55 I came onely to..be a witness for the orthodoxness of what d'ee cal't.1691 A. D'Anvers Academia 10 'Tis, let me see, now, whach'ee call, Syncategorematical.a1807 J. Skinner Amusem. Leisure Hours (1809) 98 That camsteary what-d' ye-caw't (I think it's genius, walie fa't).1820 W. Scott Abbot II. xi. 350 My Lady What-shall-call'um's powder.γ. So what-ye (or -you) -call(-it) (later usually what-you-may-call-it) [ [see what pron., adj.¹, and adv. 5b]. .] 1598 G. Chapman Blinde Begger of Alexandria sig. D^v Eli. Why hees a what you calt. Mar. A what you call it can you not name it.a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. iii. 66 Good euen good M^r what ye cal't.a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) iii. 42 Lis. Heeres your first weapon ducks meat. Sim. How, a dutch what you call em, Stead of a German falchion.1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxvii. 272 There is no What's-his-name but Thingummy, and What-you-may-call-it is his prophet!1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne xxiv Fine place, Bob; built by the what-you-may-call-its.1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed ix. 181 Say good-bye to the what-you-call-um girl. extracted from what-d'ye-call-'emwhat-d'ye-call-herwhat-d'ye-call-himwhat-d'ye-call-itn. < as lemmas
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