gadget是什么意思,gadget怎么用
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gadget
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📰 外刊例句
The modern incarnation of this deficit is still driven by the flow of consumer goods, but nowadays electronic gadgets . 这种赤字的现代化身仍由消费品贸易驱动,只不过货物变成了电子产品。
—— 《经济学人》
—— 《时代周刊》
📖 基本释义
[noun] a small mechanical or electronic device or tool, especially an
ingenious
or novel one
[名词] (尤指巧妙或新颖的)小型机械或电子的设备或工具
💡 深入解读
Gadget 是一个与常见单词 budget (预算)、 midget (侏儒、矮人)、 widget (不知名的小器物、小装置、小玩意儿)、 fidget (坐立不安、烦躁)等结尾相同的单词。该词源自法语gâche(锁钉)的指小词gâchette(机械装置的扣件),最早于1886年(也有说于19世纪中期)进入英语后,作为水手俚语用来指代那些忘记名字或没有名字的小型机械装置或船的某个部分。发展到现在, gadget 则是用来表示“小器具、小装置、小玩意儿”,主要指能做某种有用事情的小型机械或电子的设备、装置或工具,特别是巧妙或新颖的,且能够增加人的舒适性、便利性或乐趣的设备、装置或工具,
比如:
This gadget is just the thing for getting those staples out.这小玩意儿用来起那些订书针正合适。
Have you seen this handy little gadget - it's for separating egg yolks from whites.你见过这种很有用处的小装置吗——它是用来把蛋黄和蛋清分开的。
People don't want gadgets, they want services.名人用例
appliance: a device or piece of equipment designed to perform a specific task, typically a domestic one apparatus: the technical equipment or machinery needed for a particular activity or purpose implement: a tool, utensil, or other piece of equipment, especially as used for a particular purpose人们想要的不是那些小玩意儿,他们要的是服务。出自美国互联网巨头亚马逊(Amazon)公司创始人杰夫·贝索斯(Jeff Bezos)。同近义词
🔍 同近义词
- appliance: a device or piece of equipment designed to perform a specific task, typically a domestic one
- apparatus: the technical equipment or machinery needed for a particular activity or purpose
- implement: a tool, utensil, or other piece of equipment, especially as used for a particular purpose

