thingummy
thingummy
[ˈθɪŋəmi]
(亦作 thingamy)
(pl. -ies)
[ˈθɪŋəmi]
(亦作 thingamy)
(pl. -ies)
- (informal)used to refer to or address a person or thing whose name one has forgotten, does not know, or does not wish to mention
(非正式)［用指不知其名，忘记其名，不愿称呼其名的人、事物］某某，那个人；那东西
one of those thingummies for keeping all the fire tools together.
那些用于把所有消防工具集拢起来的东西之一。
- late 18th cent.: from thing + a meaningless suffix
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