| 词汇 | gadget |
| 词源 | gadget. Gadget, as it is usually employed, is a relatively new word, dating only to 1886 and possibly deriving from the French gachette for “a little mechanical thing.” Its latest and most ironic use (ca. 1970) is a widely used synonym for an atomic bomb, especially among scientists who make the monsters. |
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