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whatchamacallit

释义：

whatchamacallit

《whatchamacallit》是The Pussycat Dolls演唱的一首歌曲，收录于专辑《Doll Domination》中，由环球唱片公司于2008年正式发行。

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英语

词源

为“what you may call it”或“what you might call it”（“你会怎样叫它”）的缩短形式。出现于20世纪的美国（1921年的纪录）。

发音

  • (标准英音) IPA(帮助)：/ˈwɒtʃəməkɔːlɪt/
  • (通用美式) IPA(帮助)：/ˈʍʌtʃəməkɔlɪt/, /ˈwʌt-/, /ˈwʌtʃməkɑlɪt/
  • 音频 (澳洲)
  • 断字：what‧cha‧ma‧call‧it

名词

whatchamacallit（复数 whatchamacallits）

  1. (俚语) （想不起名字的）东西
    近义词： doodad、gizmo、thingamajig、thingy
    • 1921，Johnny Gruelle， Orphant Annie Story Book, Volume 7, 页号69:
      The Thingamajig and the Wachamacallit.
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    • 1969，J[ames] P[inckney] Miller; stage adaptation by F. Andrew Leslie， The People Next Door，New York, N.Y.:Dramatists Play Service, OCLC 1083232, Act II, 页号42:
      You’re—you must be the whatchamacallit, huh? The peer.
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    • 1972，Carolyn Lane， Child of Air: A One Act Play，Denver, Colo.:Pioneer Drama Service, OCLC 10214341, 页号13:
      JESSICA: How many times do I have to say it? We were not stealing, Officer. We were just— / MONAHAN: I know. Performing some kind of whatchamacallit deed. Anyhow, they go to the clink, that's what happens to people who filch city property.
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    • 1996，Corbett Mack; as told by Michael Hittman，“Boyhood (1892–1905)”，出自 Corbett Mack: The Life of a Northern Paiute (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians)，Lincoln, Neb.; London:University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, 页号60:
      I'm a boy, so when I'm sick, they can call in poohaghooma, Indian doctor. But not Tom Mitchell! No, sir! [We] won't have Tom Mitchell to doctor me! 'Cause whatchamacallit, he always used to doctor me …
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    • 1998，David Alan Black，“There’s No Place Like Rome: The Parts of Speech and Their Function”，出自 It’s still Greek to Me: An Easy-to-understand Guide to Intermediate Greek，Grand Rapids, Mich.:Baker Books, →ISBN, 页号19:
      "Think we ought to check this whatchamacallit?" / "No, that doodad over there seems to be the problem."
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    • 2014 October，Don Pendleton，章号15，出自 Domination Bid (Don Pendleton’s Stony Man: America’s Ultra-covert Intelligence Agency; Gold Eagle Book)，Don Mills, Ont.:Worldwide Library, →ISBN, 页号180:
      As you've said, the safety of the American people is our first priority. We have orders that if these EMP whatchamacallits can't be secured then they must be destroyed.
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