单词 | gadget |
释义 | gadget (gædʒɪt ) Word forms: gadgets countable noun A gadget is a small machine or device which does something useful. You sometimes refer to something as a gadget when you are suggesting that it is complicated and unnecessary. ...kitchen gadgets including toasters, kettles and percolators. You don't need the latest gadgets to get in shape. Synonyms: device, thing, appliance, machine Collocations: high-tech gadget Here, a collection of agreeably obstinate scientists and engineers deploy a phalanx of high-tech gadgets in an effort to explain the incident. Times, Sunday Times High-tech gadgets purify sea water and manufacture oxygen, so this nuclear sub need never come up for air. The Sun It's going to have all the high-tech gadgets. Times, Sunday Times Rooms are big, with exposed beams and large baths and all the high-tech gadgets that you could want. Times, Sunday Times They're helped on their way with high-tech gadgets like walkietalkies, right, and mini submarines. The Sun He confides that he can only generate a consistent 230 watts going up hills - half the power output of a pro, and roughly that of a household gadget. Times, Sunday Times I never use a new household gadget without first reading the instructions. The Times Literary Supplement But with all your household gadgets, it's difficult to know how to start reducing your energy use. Times, Sunday Times If your household gadgets start shouting 'bazinga', 'kapow' or 'woohoo', do not be alarmed. Times, Sunday Times There were displays of livestock, poultry, vegetables, grains, and the latest inventions in farm machinery, tools, household gadgets, etc. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The age-old problem of spreading butter straight from the fridge may finally have been solved by a new kitchen gadget. Times, Sunday Times (2014) But can a kitchen gadget change not just your life, but the world? Times, Sunday Times (2012) How about some industrial lighting in fuchsia, or a kitchen gadget in pastel pink? Times, Sunday Times (2013) What kitchen gadget would you recommend? The Sun (2013) There is no other kitchen gadget to quite match it. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Our grandchildren, however, will probably want to have the latest gadget. Times, Sunday Times Will his latest gadget bring her similar luck tonight? The Sun And sometimes, the latest gadget isn't a welcome thing. Houston Chronicle They have grown up expecting to be able to buy the latest gadgets and spend nights clubbing whenever they fancied. The Sun The kitchen has all the latest gadgets and there's an atmospheric dining room with a stone fireplace. Times, Sunday Times He predicted that radios (like telephones) would one day become portable, and thus would partner the most important portable gadget of all: the car. Times, Sunday Times I'm trying to invent a cheap, portable gadget, easily adjustable, to obviate the need for splitting cardboard, slicing corks, piling beermats or folding paper to the requisite thickness. Times,Sunday Times Alongside this has come the ascent of video games and portable gadgets for the delivery of short-burst verbiage. The Times Literary Supplement Did you resort to using a spy gadget to find out whether he was a double agent? The Sun His work during the later part of the war involved securing war supplies and devices, including secret explosive devices and spy gadgets. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He has his own shop that sells spy gadgets. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 More than a third of 1,000 people quizzed declared e-cigarettes the worst tech gadget. The Sun Increasingly, she claims, there's less of a need to own much of anything outright, apart from tech gadgets, so we are all going to practise micro-ownership. Times, Sunday Times New cars, multiple foreign holidays, gym club membership, the latest tech gadgets, delayed parenting and a busy social life are the norm and are clearly a priority for them. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 小器械 有时暗指复杂、不必要的东西 Japanese: 小道具 |
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