| 单词 | doodad |
| 释义 | doodad (once / 99322 pages) n Like a "thingamajig" or a "whatchamacallit," a doodad is an item whose name you're not sure of. You might say that your sister collects doodads she finds on the beach and keeps them in glass jars. It's handy to have an all-purpose term for those things you can't quite name, either because you've forgotten or just don't know what to call them. Ask your aunt what she sells in her little shop, and she might say, "Oh candles and soap and various doodads." In Britain, the more common word is doodah, and both words emerged in the early 20th century. WORD FAMILYdoodad: doodads USAGE EXAMPLESBut this is less a meditation on the likely eventual ends of our own fecklessness than it is a thriller tricked up with futuristic doodads. Los Angeles Times(Nov 28, 2016) For the past decade, Musk has borrowed from science fiction and fantasy when naming his rockets, capsules and other space doodads. Seattle Times(Oct 02, 2016) For the past decade, Musk has borrowed from science fiction and fantasy when naming his rockets, engines, capsules and other space doodads. Seattle Times(Sep 30, 2016) n something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket Syn|Hyper doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget stuff miscellaneous unspecified objects |
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