gubbins
/ˈgʌbɪnz/plural noun
treated as sing. or pl.
1- Brit. informal miscellaneous items; paraphernalia〈英, 非正式〉各色物品; 全部有关物件; 装备:
businesses who don't want to get their hands grubby with all the technical gubbins.
不想因各种技术设备而玷污自己名声的企业。
1.1
- treated as sing. a gadget小装置; 小机件; 小配件:
a little gubbins he had made as a boy.
他小时候做的一个小玩意儿。
词源
mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'fragments'): from obsolete gobbon 'piece, slice, gob', from Old French; probably related to GOBBET. Current senses date from the early 20th cent.