And it's Hawthorne's satire, It's apocalyptic, angry critique of all these Americans who think they're inventing everything anew every day.

这就是霍桑的讽刺作品,这是一篇启示录般的故事,是对这群自认为每天都发明新玩意儿的,美国人的愤怒谴责

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

it's just fun to kind of play around.

玩弄这些小玩意儿，我觉得很有意思。

时尚让人兴奋 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Except for electromagnetism, the basics of mechanics, which is the motion of Billiard balls and trucks and marbles and whatnot, was set up by Newton.

除电磁学外,力学的基础,也就是台球,卡车,弹球以及其它小玩意儿的运动原理,都是由牛顿建立起来的

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

And here, this is from the steps of Montmartre, the basilica--more about that some other time, when I'm in a real frenzy of contempt for the destruction of the Parisian skyline.

这是蒙马特区的台阶,那个大教堂,改天再讲讲这点,我真的强烈鄙视这玩意儿,因为它破坏了巴黎的天空轮廓线

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

The other thing about it is that you could make lots of things that are new but generally you think of engineers as making things that are not just new but they're useful, that they do something that needs to be done, and that they do something that improves life, the quality of life of people.

另一个区别是,科学家会做很多很多新鲜玩意儿,而一般来讲,工程师做的东西不只是新奇,它们还很有用,他们做那些需要做的东西,他们做的东西能够提高,人类的生活水平和生活质量

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

If I say x is 2, I want to know, what's the square root of 2, well if you're enough of a geek, you'll say 1.41529 or whatever the heck it is, but in general, this doesn't help you find the square root.

如果我说X等于，我想知道，2的平方根是多少，那么如果你足够书呆子你就会说,1。41529或者随便什么玩意儿，但是大体上，它不会帮你算出平方根。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

And then my dad said, "What the heck is software?"

然后我父亲说，“软件又是什么玩意儿？“

斯坦福公开课 - 微软CEO-Steve.Ballmer谈科技的未来课程节选

think of what it's like to run with this in your hand.

想想当你手里有这玩意儿时,你怎么跑

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

N'est pas? Who is a statesman? What is a statesman?

政治家是何许人也？政治家是啥玩意儿？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

That thing starts fish-tailing and wobbling.

那玩意儿肯定会像鱼的尾巴那样左右摇摆。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

This is the war room, it's called,"salon de guerre" I don't like Versailles. What the hell.

这个是作战室,在法语里读作"salon de guerre",我不喜欢凡尔赛宫 什么玩意儿

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

He says let's tear the whole damn thing down.

他说让我们把这玩意儿拆了吧

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

801 Handy thing to do if you're doing 1801, 1806 all right, or 1806, or whatever you want to do those things in.

用这种便捷的玩意儿你可以做，也可以做，或者任何你想做的事儿。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

College students do not have a science of this at all, they just pour the stuff down their throats with the goal of becoming drunk as fast as they can.

大学生完全不懂喝酒的学问,他们只是把那玩意儿灌入喉咙里,以尽快把自己灌醉为目的

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选