gadget

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gad·get /ˈɡædʒɪt/ noun [countable]  DTOOLa small, useful, and cleverly-designed machine or tool 设计精巧的小机械[工具] a neat gadget for sharpening knives 精巧的磨刀工具

Examples from the Corpus

gadget• One woman used her shoulder and trunk muscles to feed herself via a gadget with a spoon attached to a ball-bearing swivel.• He showed her several electronic gadgets, such as a watch that you can use as a phone.• It lets the youngsters use special electronic gadgets which bounce light around.• Electronic gadgets that will let people order food and drinks from their seats.• A sales assistant was demonstrating several kitchen gadgets to a crowd of shoppers.• kitchen gadgets such as avocado peelers• It's a clever little gadget which you can use to cut vegetables into attractive shapes.• The Renault 25 was big on gadgets.• But the instructions for our gadgets were nowhere to be found.• Nowadays I am obsessional about checking the gadget, particularly as I use it infrequently.• This prevented the firm selling the gadget.Origin gadget (1800-1900) Perhaps from French gâchette “fastener of a lock”

gad·get nounChineseSyllable  

or useful, and small, Corpus cleverly-designed machine a tool

gadget
gad‧get /ˈɡædʒət, ˈɡædʒɪt/ noun [countable]a small, useful, and cleverly-designed machine or tool:
    a neat gadget for sharpening knives
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ machine a piece of equipment with moving parts that uses power such as electricity to do a particular job: a washing machine | an X-ray machine | Staff are trained to operate the machine.
   ▪ appliance formal a machine or piece of electrical equipment, usually a large one, that people use in the home: The store sells kitchen appliances such as refrigerators, dishwashers, and toasters. | We carry out repairs on a range of household appliances.
   ▪ device a piece of equipment, usually a small electronic one, that does a special job: electronic listening devices | 50,000 people downloaded the music to computers or portable devices such as iPods. | The device is fitted to the car and can detect stationary objects ahead.
   ▪ gadget a small, useful, and cleverly-designed tool or machine: high-tech gadgets | He buys all the latest gadgets.
   ▪ contraption a machine or piece of equipment that looks strange or complicated: There was a bizarre contraption for polishing the floor.

gadgetBrE /ˈɡædʒɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡædʒɪt/ 🔊 nouna small tool or device that does sth useful 小器具；小装置