machine that goes "ping"

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A piece of medical equipment, especially a bedside monitor; particularly one perceived as superfluous. humorous,informal
    — see title

词形变化

machines that go "ping" plural

词源

Coined in the movie Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983), in a sketch depicting a group of doctors at a birth more interested in the technological equipment than the mother and baby. The eponymous machine serves no apparent purpose except making an occasional ping sound.
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