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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++wid·get /ˈwɪdʒɪt/ noun [countable]  1. spokenEQUIPMENT a small piece of equipment that you do not know the name for 〔不知其名的〕小装置,小东西2 informal used to refer to an imaginary product that a company might produce 〔某公司假设生产的〕产品 Company A produces 6,000 widgets a month at a unit price of $0.33. A公司每月生产6,000件产品,每件单价0.33美元。n3. technical a small piece of software used as part of a webpage, or on a mobile phone, that shows information or does other things in a way that is controlled by the user
Examples from the Corpus
widgetImagine your company sells 240 widgets a month.Widget Wholesalers, Inc., sells 240,000 widgets per year.Buyers of cheaper widgets now have money for other purchases.Submissions for widgets are due by September 4.A factory-made widget once followed a linear path from design to manufacturing and delivery.Its cost price per widget is $ 2, and inventory carrying costs are 20 percent of average inventory level.They can't go on making the same widget day after day.A new text widget should support a range of colour and typefaces.
From Longman Business Dictionarywidgetwid‧get /ˈwɪdʒɪt/ noun [countable] informal1any small piece of equipment, used especially to talk about something that you do not know the name ofRear-view mirrors are just the kind of widget that car makers could easily buy from cheap-labor plants in Asia.2an imaginary product that a company might produceIf a retailer marks down a shelf of widgets to $ I.99 apiece from $4.99, it may sell more of them.Origin widget (1900-2000) gadget
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widget
widget /ˈwɪdʒət, ˈwɪdʒɪt/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1900-2000
 Origin: gadget
1. spoken a small piece of equipment that you do not know the name for
2. informal used to refer to an imaginary product that a company might produce:
    Company A produces 6,000 widgets a month at a unit price of $0.33.


widgetBrE /ˈwɪdʒɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwɪdʒɪt/ 🔊 noun(informal) used to refer to any small device that you do not know the name of (不知名的)小器物,小装置,小玩意儿(business 商业) a product that does not exist, used as an example of a typical product when making calculations 典型产品(并不真实存在,作计算之用)Company A produces two million widgets a year. A 公司年产 200 万件产品。🔊🔊(computing 计算机) a small box on a computer screen that delivers changing information, such as news items or weather reports, while the rest of the page remains the same 微件,挂件(电脑屏幕上显示不时更新的信息的小窗口)