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BNC: 13719 COCA: 9105

gadget

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
gadget /ˈgæʤət/ noun
plural gadgets
gadget
/ˈgæʤət/
noun
plural gadgets
Learner's definition of GADGET
[count]
: a small, useful device小器具;小装置
BNC: 13719 COCA: 9105

gadget

noun

gad·​get ˈga-jət How to pronounce gadget (audio)
: an often small mechanical or electronic device with a practical use but often thought of as a novelty
gadgetry noun
gadgety adjective

Example Sentences

The kitchen is equipped with all the latest gadgets. cell phones, pagers, and other gadgets
Recent Examples on the Web This innovative gadget launched on Kickstarter and has raised over $6 million. Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2022 The gadget, which launched earlier this year, is fast becoming a hit for home skin care. Hannah Coates, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2022 Apple, which was preparing to debut a new gadget, the iPhone, was interested in something similar, according to multiple people at YouTube involved in discussions. Mark Bergen, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2022 Enter this intense-looking gadget, which Gray has been using for the last eight months. Elyse Inamine, Bon Appétit, 24 Aug. 2022 Enlarge / The SmartDry laundry sensor was widely regarded as a useful smart home gadget that saved money and time. Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 30 Aug. 2022 Recyclers can only recover a tiny fraction of the critical raw material that goes into an old gadget. Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022 Once upon a time, before everyone in the house had a high-tech gadget (or two, or three) in their pockets, family board games were a treasured pastime. Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day, 16 May 2022 The Dyson Zone might look strange, but it’s certainly an exciting gadget. Chris Smith, BGR, 30 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

perhaps a sound-symbolic coinage, with final as in fidget entry 1, midget, idjit (nonstandard form of idiot)

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gadget was in 1886
BNC: 13719 COCA: 9105
gadget

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + GADGET | GADGET + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVElittle, small小器具mobile, portable可移動/便攜式小器具clever, cool (informal) , handy, neat, nifty (informal) , useful精巧的器具;靈巧的器具;實用的小裝置must-have必備的小工具latest, modern, new時新小工具;現代化小器具;新出現的小玩意兒high-tech高科技小設備We live in a world filled with high-tech gadgets.我們生活的世界滿是高科技小器具。digital, electrical, electronic小型數碼裝置;小型電動工具;小型電子設備kids that hassle their parents to buy the latest electronic gadget纏着父母購買時新小型電子裝備的孩子wireless小型無繩設備expensive昂貴的小器具consumer (especially NAmE) 消費類小電子設備household, kitchen家用/廚房小器具VERB + GADGETuse使用小型裝置design, develop, invent設計/開發/發明小型裝置GADGET + NOUNlover小型器具愛好者freak, geek (especially BrE, both informal) 小器具發燒友PREPOSITIONgadget for用以⋯的小型工具She has invented a nifty little gadget for undoing stubborn nuts and bolts.她發明了一種靈巧的小工具,用來鬆開緊固的螺母和螺栓。

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