Hey, what does this doohickey do, anyway?

“嘿，那个谁在做什么？”

I need one of those doohickeys, you know, with the long handle.

“我需要一件那种小东西，你知道，长手柄那种。”

Strange as it may be, both of these words mean the same as doohickey.

怪，这些单词都和doohickey一个意思。

The dictionary lists a lot of strange words as synonyms for doohickey.

这本词典多和doohickey同义词怪单词。

Unofficial studies show Americans are using words like doohickey less than they once did.

非官方研究显示，美国人现在使用doohickey这类单词不像以前那么多。

Merriam-Webster adds that doohickey may be a combination of two other words: doodad and hickey.

《韦氏词典》补充称，doohickey可能doodad和hickey这两个单词结合体。

One story told about a store where you can buy a cable that connects a thingamajig to a doohickey.

其中一篇文章讲述销售把某某东西连接到某某东西电缆。

At Blue River Creek all the kids in grade two  built gizmos and gadgets and doohickeys too.

在 Blue River Creek，所有二年级孩子都制作了小玩意、小玩意和小玩意。

Another told about a doohickey for eggs and even a doohickey that connects to a camera.

另一篇文章讲述用于鸡蛋某个东西，甚至连接摄像机某个东西。

The MacMillan Dictionary defines doohickey as something such as a small object or tool that you cannot remember the name of.

《麦克米兰词典》定义doohickey为“一些你想不起名字小物体或工具。”

A doohickey is a word you use when you do not know, or you have forgotten, the real name of an object.

当你不知道，或忘记了某种物体真实名称，就能用到doohickey这个单词。