whatchamacallit

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概况：

n. =what-do-you-call-it

词义：

释义

（想不起名称时说）叫什么来着；

英英释义

whatchamacallit

n.something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known

同义词：doodaddoohickeydoojiggergimmickgizmogismogubbinsthingamabobthingumabobthingmabobthingamajigthingumajigthingmajigthingummywhatchamacallumwhatsiswidget

用法：

权威例句

Whatchamacallit

Whatchamacallit

Whatchamacallit?

The Whatchamacallit proces

Whatchamacallit?: The fine art of naming a company

Masks of Whatchamacallit: A Nagasaki Tale

Masks of Whatchamacallit (Nanjamonja no men, 1976)

Down there—you know . . . whatchamacallit!

Whatchamacallit-type expressions in Cantonese : analyzing mat, matje, meje, and me

On the Internet Everybody Knows You’re a Whatchamacallit (or a Thing)

Whatchamacallit: that place on Bellflower, University Circle.(let's do lunch: This month's local lunch scene pick)

The whatchamacallit : those everyday objects you just can't name : (and things you think you know about but don't)

Is It a Diary, Commonplace Book, Scrapbook, or Whatchamacallit? Six Years of Exploration in New England's Manuscript Archives

英语词源：

whatchamacallit (n.)

1928, compressed form of phrase "what you may call it." What-do-you-call-it is from 1630s. Earliest recorded variant is what-calle-ye-hym, attested from late 15c. What's-his-name for "unspecified person" is attested from 1690s; variant what's-his-face is first recorded 1967.

造句：

1. Have you got a whatchamacallit? You know... a screwdriver?

你有一把…叫什么来着的？你知道的…螺丝刀吗？

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2. Bring me the whatchamacallit so I can loose this bolt.

把那东西拿给我，我要放松这个螺丝。

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3. I forget what the thing I need is called, so I just call it a whatchamacallit.

哎，在这种情况下，不就像我们在中文里说的“那个叫什么来啦”？

youdao

4. Uncle had whatchamacallit for me — charisma. I don't really trust that word. It sounds like some disease.

叔叔在我眼中有那个叫什么“魅力”的东西。其实我并不信任那个字。听上去像是什么病症似的。

youdao

5. The Kambaata language also has a word akin to "whatchamacallit" in English, useful in a pinch as either a noun or verb when no other alternative is available.

坎巴塔语还有一个和英语中的“叫什么来着”(whatchamacallit)类似的词，可用作名词或动词，在没有其他选择的紧要关头颇为有用。

youdao

6. The Kambaata language also has a word akin to "whatchamacallit" in English, useful in a pinch as either a noun or verb when no other alternative is available.

坎巴塔语还有一个和英语中的“叫什么来着”(whatchamacallit)类似的词，可用作名词或动词，在没有其他选择的紧要关头颇为有用。

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