whatchamacallit

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈwɒtʃəməˌkɔːlɪt/    美 /ˈwʌt͡ʃəməˌkɔlɪt/|/ˈwʌt͡ʃməˌkɑlɪt/|/ˈwɔtʃəməˌkɔːɫət/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember; a doodad, gizmo, thingamajig, thingy. colloquial
    — The Thingamajig and the Wachamacallit.

词形变化

whatchamacallits plural whatchamacallem plural whatchamacall'em plural what-you-may-call-it alternative

词源

Univerbation and contraction of what you may call it. United States, 20th century (recorded in 1921).
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