whatchamacallit

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) 国际音标^(帮助): /ˈwɒtʃəməkɔːlɪt/
• (通用美式) 国际音标^(帮助): /ˈʍʌtʃəməkɔlɪt/, /ˈwʌt-/, /ˈwʌtʃməkɑlɪt/

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• 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，第 69 页:

     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, Act II，第 42 页:

     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，第 13 页:

     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，第 60 页:

     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，第 19 页:

     "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，第 180 页:

     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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延伸阅读

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