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gadgetry

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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gad·get·ry /ˈɡædʒətri/ noun [uncountable]  DTOOLmodern gadgets in general – sometimes used to show disapproval 小巧的机械[工具]〔有时含贬义〕 I don’t understand how all this electronic gadgetry works. 我不懂这种电子玩意儿是怎么工作的。
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gadgetryIf you're a fan of electronic gadgetry, your next question will be where, where, where?high-tech medical gadgetrySuburban schools gleam with modern gadgetry, while inner-city schools lack basic text books.Minor faults to full-blown emergencies can be realistically created on screens which give a lifelike vision of dials and control room gadgetry.There is no superfluous gadgetry or foldaway, stowaway gimmickry.But he does not rely solely on technical gadgetry.For all the gadgetry, everything stopped when the photocopier was working because it soaked up all the power.The gadgetry enables the renegade network to give viewers a puck encased in a blue halo.The gadgetry is impressive but what are its human applications?
gad·get·ry nounChineseSyllable
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gadgetry
gadgetry /ˈɡædʒətri, ˈɡædʒɪtri/ noun [uncountable]
modern gadgets in general – sometimes used in order to show disapproval:
    I don’t understand how all this electronic gadgetry works.


gadget·ryBrE /ˈɡædʒɪtri/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡædʒɪtri/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (sometimes disapproving) a collection of modern tools and devices (统称)小器具,小装置His desk is covered with electronic gadgetry. 他的书桌上摆满了各种电子玩意儿。🔊🔊