蹲坑英語時間之Thingy

Thingy是啥?Thingy就是"啥"。

——把那啥給我遞一下行不?

——你說啥?

——我說的就是那啥,你手邊的那啥。

Would you please hand me that thingy?

What thingy?

The thingy, the thingy right by your hand.

Thingy這次太好用啦,啥時候想不起某人的名字了,或者想不起某個東西叫啥了,隨便就拿它來頂上。

Thing其實是thingamajig的簡稱,有一個雙胞胎兄弟叫thingamabob。

thing·a·ma·jig

?THiNG?m??jiɡ/

nouninformal

noun: thingamajig; plural noun: thingamajigs; noun: thingumajig; plural noun: thingumajigs; noun: thingamabob; plural noun: thingamabobs; noun: thingumabob; plural noun: thingumabobs

used to refer to or address a person or thing whose name one has forgotten, does not know, or does not wish to mention.

"one of those thingamajigs for keeping all the fireplace tools together"

Would you click on the thumb-up thingy for me please?

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