单词 | widget |
释义 | widget (once / 11554 pages) n WORD FAMILY widget: widgets USAGE EXAMPLESA brain, after all, is just a bunch of widgets, called neurons, that either pass along an electrical charge to their neighbors or don’t. New York Times(Dec 14, 2016) It assumes that data is simply like any other product, like, say, oil or widgets. The Guardian(Dec 03, 2016) But now the data are no longer binned when the widget comes out of the factory or the plane has landed. Economist(Dec 01, 2016) 1n something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known Syn|Hyper doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis stuff miscellaneous unspecified objects 2n a device or control that is very useful for a particular job Syn|Hypo|Hyper appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo gadgetry appliances collectively gimbalan appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips injectora contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.) mod conmodern convenience; the appliances and conveniences characteristic of a modern house device an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
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