gizmo

英 [ˈɡɪzməʊ]

美 [ˈɡɪzmoʊ]

n.  小玩意儿; 小装置

复数：gizmos　

BNC.42055 / COCA.17646

牛津词典

noun

• 小玩意儿；小装置
  a general word for a small piece of equipment, often one that does sth in a new and clever way

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 小玩意儿；小装置
  Agizmois a device or small machine which performs a particular task, usually in a new and efficient way. People often usegizmoto refer to a device or machine when they do not know what it is really called.
  1. ...a plastic gizmo for holding a coffee cup on the dashboard.
     汽车仪表盘上放咖啡杯的塑料装置

英英释义

noun

• a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
  Synonym:appliancecontraptioncontrivanceconveniencegadgetgismowidget
• something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
  1. she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket
  2. there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use
  Synonym:doodaddoohickeydoojiggergimmickgismogubbinsthingamabobthingumabobthingmabobthingamajigthingumajigthingmajigthingummywhatchamacallitwhatchamacallumwhatsiswidget

双语例句

• That is, clearly, an enormous step forward for a gizmo that has the functionality of the Apple Watch.
  让一个小玩意能够拥有苹果手表这样的功能，这显然是巨大的进步。
• Install the Gizmo client onto your device to start making internet calls and using instant messaging ( IM) and Presence.
  安装在您的设备上的小玩意儿客户开始打互联网电话和使用立即传讯（IM）和存在。
• And just like Shadow is there for McManus, Gizmo knew when I needed him most and was always at my side.
  和影子一样，小玩意总是直到我需要什么，总是陪伴在我左右。
• Placing two spoons in a bottle ( after drinking its content) and then smacking the bottle is one such gizmo.
  将两支小汤匙放进瓶子中（是喝光了的空瓶），然后拍击空瓶，就是这样一个小玩意儿。
• As a white-space gizmo moves around a city, the channels it can use will change, depending on how close it gets to various transmitters.
  当一个空白字符的小发明灾城市内移动，它所能使用的频道是依据它的频谱与各种信号传输器有多接近。
• Before Chica, I had the privilege of raising Gizmo, an Australian Shepherd, for about 10 years before he passed away due to illness.
  在影子以前，我有一个叫小玩意的狗，它是只澳大利亚牧羊犬。我们在一起生活了10年，最后它生病去世了。
• It's not naturai to taik into a piastic gizmo to someone you can't even see!
  对着个塑料玩意和你看不见的人说话很不自然！
• Thanks to a new gizmo, you now just need to face the music and dance.
  幸亏有一项新发明，现候，你只要临危不惧，翩翩起舞就可以了。
• Hundreds of frustrated owners of the latest gizmo from Apple claim to have had issues with Siri, the iPhone4s's key feature, which was launched earlier this month.
  苹果最新的发明让这些买主都崩溃了，他们表示搞不定Siri。在本月早些时候发布的iPhone4s的主要卖点就是Siri语音识别功能。
• To be sure, the svelte gizmo sports a plethora of improvements over its numbered predecessor, the iPad 2.
  的确，这个纤薄的小玩意比起前辈iPad2有着大量的改进。