thingamabob

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten. slang
    — "The tin thingamabob," insisted Mr. Trigget with slow dignity. "Call it what you will. Its purpose is self-evident. It acts as a dispirator—a distributor, that is to say—"

词形变化

thingamabobs plural thingamabobber alternative thingamybob alternative thingmabob alternative thingumabob alternative thingumbob alternative thingumebob alternative thingummabob alternative thingummybob alternative thingymabob alternative

词源

Alteration of thingumbob: obsolete thingum (from thing) + bob. Earliest citation from 1751, as thingumbobs.
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