gadgets
gadgets — 名詞
1. small tools, machines, or electronic items that each do one helpful job, especia
小工具
各有特定用途的精巧小器具
small tools, machines, or electronic items that each do one helpful job, especially clever or modern ones that people enjoy owning
Adaeze's kitchen drawer was full of clever gadgets for peeling fruit.
Adaeze 的廚房抽屜裡裝滿了各式削水果的精巧小工具。
collocation: clever / handy gadgets
Theo loves shopping for the latest gadgets at the electronics store downtown.
Theo 喜歡到市中心的電器行採購最新的小工具。
collocation: the latest gadgets
On the camping trip, Hiro packed several small gadgets to cook and charge his phone.
露營時，Hiro 帶了好幾個小裝置用來煮東西和幫手機充電。
The exhibition showed many new gadgets for the kitchen, including a smart kettle.
這場展覽展出許多廚房用的新型小工具，包括一台智慧型熱水壺。
Sirin keeps her travel gadgets in a small bag near the front door.
Sirin 把她的旅行小工具放在大門旁的一個小袋子裡。
- devices
more neutral and slightly more formal; less of the 'fun or clever' feel
- tools
broader, often non-electronic; lacks the modern or novelty connotation
- appliances
usually larger and permanent (oven, fridge); not used for small portable items
- contraptions
suggests something oddly built or unreliable; adds a judgement gadgets does not
用法筆記
Plural form is far more common than the singular when speaking generally about a person's collection of small useful items. Often follows adjectives like 'clever', 'handy', 'new', 'latest', or a domain word ('kitchen gadgets', 'travel gadgets').