whatsit

whats·it /ˈwɒtsɪt $ ˈwɑːts-, ˈwʌts-/ noun [countableC]

spokenTHINGNAME OF A THING a word you use when you cannot think of the word you want 那个什么玩意儿〔指想不起名称的东西〕

Try and undo the screw to get the whatsit off.

试着拧开螺丝，把那个小玩意儿拆下来。

Examples from the Corpus

whatsit• Sick of Neighbours It's my neighbour Deardrie - he's a right old interfering whatsit.• The curtains were green with little whatsits along the edge.• Something decidedly peculiar about the boy with the whatsit round his head.• Just enough to work up a sweat, keep the blood moving, tone the old cardio-vascular whatsit.

Origin whatsit

(1800-1900) what's it?

单词	whatsit
释义	whatsit whats·it /ˈwɒtsɪt $ ˈwɑːts-, ˈwʌts-/ noun [countableC] spokenTHINGNAME OF A THING a word you use when you cannot think of the word you want 那个什么玩意儿〔指想不起名称的东西〕 Try and undo the screw to get the whatsit off. 试着拧开螺丝，把那个小玩意儿拆下来。 Examples from the Corpus whatsit• Sick of Neighbours It's my neighbour Deardrie - he's a right old interfering whatsit.• The curtains were green with little whatsits along the edge.• Something decidedly peculiar about the boy with the whatsit round his head.• Just enough to work up a sweat, keep the blood moving, tone the old cardio-vascular whatsit. Origin whatsit (1800-1900) what's it?
随便看	breaking breaking-and-entering breaking and entering breakings break-ins break-ins break into break into a sweat break into a sweat/break out in a sweat break into something break into sth breakneck breaknecking break of break off break out breakout break out in a sweat breakouts break power break ranks breaks break sb concentration break sb heart break sb of sth