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

• After installing the application you will be able to create an account or use the existing Gizmo username and password.
  在安装应用以后您能创造帐户或使用现有的小玩意儿用户名和密码。
• 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。
• 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。
• One such gizmo, on display at the show, can spoon-feed the elderly.
  展会上有一个小机器人，能给老人喂饭。
• 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。
• 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。
• Gizmo Drive serves two main purposes: virtual CD-ROM drive ( ISO/ IMG files) and encrypted, virtual hard drive.
  主要用于两种目的：虚拟光盘驱动器（ISO/IMG文件）和加密的虚拟硬盘驱动器。
• 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。
• 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。
• The device will make waiting hours for a phone to charge a thing of the past and the gizmo packs more energy into a smaller space than traditional phone batteries and holds the charge for longer.
  该设备有可能让数小时的手机充电成为过去，并且这项发明比传统手机电池能够在更小空间存储更多的电量，并使被充电的设备能使用更长时间。