whatnot

英 [ˈwɒtnɒt]

美 [ˈwɑːtnɑːt]

n.  (由于拿不准而不指名)某种东西，不可名状的东西

复数：whatnots　过去分词：whatnotted　

BNC.37416 / COCA.20676

牛津词典

noun

• （由于拿不准而不指名）某种东西，不可名状的东西
  used when you are referring to sth, but are not being exact and do not mention its name
  1. It's a new firm. They make toys and whatnot.
     这是家新的公司。他们制作玩具和别的小玩意儿。

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 这一类的东西;诸如此类的东西
  People sometimes say 'and whatnot' or 'or whatnot' after mentioning one or more things, to refer in a vague way to other things which are similar.
  1. The women were there in their jeans and T-shirts and overalls and whatnot...
     女人们穿着牛仔裤、T恤、工装裤等等这类衣服在那个地方。
  2. The council can send messages or letters or whatnot in Spanish to their constituents.
     地方议会可以用西班牙文给其选民寄送通知、信件等类似的东西。

英英释义

noun

• miscellaneous curios
  Synonym:bric-a-bracknickknacknicknackknickknackery

双语例句

• They're GNG down to a.c.to party and gamble and whatnot.
  他们去亚特兰大的一个聚会上赌博。
• He's into karma and whatnot.
  他深陷于因果报应和不可名状。
• I love the kidney with its painful gallstones, its gravel and whatnot;
  我爱生着引起痛苦的的结石、肾砂和诸如此类东西的肾脏；
• The women were there in their jeans and T-shirts and overalls and whatnot
  女人们穿着牛仔裤、T恤、工装裤等等这类衣服在那个地方。
• Some went ahead of the caravan and came upon the whatnot tree.
  走到商队前面的人先到了无名树下。
• But unlike a mango, the whatnot fruit is a deadly poison!
  然而它又不象芒果，无名树的果实含有致命的毒素！
• In the past, when caravans had come to the whatnot tree, the people had eaten its poisonous fruits and died in their sleep during the night.
  在过去，当商队来到这棵无名树下，那些吃了这毒果的人都会在晚上的睡梦中死去。
• It turns out not, but it does evince the fact that we have some basic syntax like mathematics and equal signs and whatnot with which we can now start using for more useful purposes.
  结果不是那样的，但这的确有个事实，我们有些基本的运算法则和等号和，其他一些东西，用来为我们一些，更多有用的目的而服务的。
• We got ourselves together and went over to see the families and whatnot.
  我们聚到了一起，去探望那些家庭什么的。
• So you might have chosen a different sentence or whatnot, but that's fine.
  所以你们可能选择了一个不同的语句，或其它的东西，但是那挺好的。