"dingus" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 玩意兒
• 東西

Definition

俚語，用來指不知道或忘記名稱的物品，有時也用來開玩笑稱呼某人。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

純口語，跟“玩意兒”、“東西”類似，指名字想不起來的東西。有時用於形容人，很俏皮，不適合正式場合。

Examples

Can you pass me that dingus on the table?

你能把桌上的那個**玩意兒**遞給我嗎？

I used a dingus to fix the door.

我用一個**東西**修好了門。

Where did you put that little dingus I gave you?

你把我給你的那個小**東西**放哪了？

Could you hand me that dingus—you know, the thing you use to open bottles?

你能把那個**玩意兒**遞給我嗎——就是開瓶用的那個。

Tom forgot his keys again? What a dingus!

Tom又忘帶鑰匙了？真是個**玩意兒**！

Just plug this dingus into the back of the TV and it should work.

只要把這個**玩意兒**插到電視後面就行了。