whatnot

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈwɒt.nɒt/    美 /ˈwʌt.nɑt/|/ˈʍʌt.nɑt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small unspecified object; bric-a-brac (in plural). countable
    — Storage boxes—catchalls for flotsam, jetsam, whatnots and thingamajigs—are gaining new interest as decorative objects for the home.
  2. Other related objects or ideas. uncountable
    — At the lexicography club, we welcome all discussion of words and whatnot.
  3. A freestanding set of shelves on which ornaments are displayed; an etagere.
    — On a whatnot in a corner which had been devoted to the child's belongings were Franky's paint-box and some of his toys.

词形变化

whatnots plural what-not alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
and whatnot
相关词
whatsit

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷís
Proto-Germanic *hwat
Proto-West Germanic *hwat
Old English hwæt
Middle English what
English what
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Germanic *ne
Proto-West Germanic *ne
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-
Proto-Indo-European *-u
Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu
Proto-Indo-European *-osinflu.
Proto-Germanic *aiwaz
Proto-West Germanic *aiw
univ.
Proto-West Germanic *naiw
Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *wékʷtisder.?
Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰtisder.?
Proto-Germanic *wihtą
Proto-West Germanic *wiht
Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht
Old English nāwiht
Old English *nōht
Middle English nought
Middle English not
English not
English whatnot
From what + not.
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