doodad

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Used to refer to something whose name one cannot recall: an unspecified device, gadget, part, or thing.
    — My mom has a clever doodad for peeling oranges.

词形变化

doodads plural doo-dad alternative dodad alternative do-dad alternative dodab alternative

词源

Unknown; attested since the 1880s. Compare earlier daud (“a piece of something”), later doohickey (“a thing (whose name one cannot recall)”), dialectal dad, dadge (“a large piece, chunk”).
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