used to refer to a person or thing whose name you do not know or have forgotten, or which you do not want to mention (指不知、或忘记、或不想提及其名)某某,那个人,那东西 Look at that woman over there—the one with the straw hat with the pink thingy around it. 看那边的那个女人——戴着草帽,周围有粉红色东西的那个。 This new multimedia thingy means you can research things a lot more easily. 这个新的多媒体玩意儿意味着做研究可以容易多了。