whatchamacallit
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈwɒtʃ.ə.məˌkɔːl.ɪt]
- 美式音标 [ˈwɑː.tʃə.məˌkɑː.lɪt]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 某某; 那東西(用以稱呼一時想不起名稱的人或東西)
- =what-do-you-call-it
英汉例句
- Bring me the whatchamacallit so I can loose this bolt.
把那東西拿給我,我要放松這個螺絲。 - I forget what the thing I need is called, so I just call it a whatchamacallit.
哎,在這種情況下,不就像我們在中文裡說的“那個叫什麽來啦”? - LL: Exactly. But you cannot tell a shop clerk "I want to buy whatchamacallit".
那儅然喲,要是你對店員說你想買那個叫什麽來啦,他怎麽知道你要什麽呢?
英英字典
- used when you are speaking about something or someone whose name you can not remember