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。”

Hey, what does this doohickey do, anyway?

“嘿，那个谁在做什么？”

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

奇怪，这些单词都和doohickey一个意思。

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

这本词典列和doohickey同词奇怪单词。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。