whatchamacallit

英語[编辑]

詞源[编辑]

為“what you may call it”或“what you might call it”（“你會怎樣叫它”）的縮短形式。出現於20世紀的美國（1921年的紀錄）。

發音[编辑]

(標準英音) 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈwɒtʃəməkɔːlɪt/
(通用美式) 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈʍʌtʃəməkɔlɪt/, /ˈwʌt-/, /ˈwʌtʃməkɑlɪt/
音頻 (澳洲) （文檔）
斷字：what‧cha‧ma‧call‧it

名詞[编辑]

whatchamacallit (複數 whatchamacallits)

(俚語) （想不起名字的）東西
近義詞： doodad、gizmo、thingamajig、thingy
- 1921, Johnny Gruelle, Orphant Annie Story Book, Volume 7，頁號 69:
  The Thingamajig and the Wachamacallit.
  （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
- 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，頁號 42:
  You’re—you must be the whatchamacallit, huh? The peer.
  （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
- 1972, Carolyn Lane, Child of Air: A One Act Play, Denver, Colo.: Pioneer Drama Service, →OCLC，頁號 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.
  （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
- 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，頁號 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 …
  （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
- 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，頁號 19:
  "Think we ought to check this whatchamacallit?" / "No, that doodad over there seems to be the problem."
  （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
- 2014 October, Don Pendleton, 章號 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，頁號 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.
  （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

延伸閱讀[编辑]

whatchamacallit (disambiguation)在英語維基百科上的資料。維基百科 ^en