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gimmick

/gim-ik/US // ˈgɪm ɪk //UK // (ˈɡɪmɪk) //

噱头,噱頭,技巧,绰号

Related Words

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an ingenious or novel device, scheme, or stratagem, especially one designed to attract attention or increase appeal.
    • : a concealed, usually devious aspect or feature of something, as a plan or deal: An offer that good must have a gimmick in it somewhere.
    • : a hidden mechanical device by which a magician works a trick or a gambler controls a game of chance.
    • : Electronics Informal. a capacitor formed by intertwining two insulated wires.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to equip or embellish with unnecessary features, especially in order to increase salability, acceptance, etc.: to gimmick up a sports car with chrome and racing stripes.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to resort to gimmickry, especially habitually.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nouncontrived object; scheme
Synonyms
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Examples

  • The best magic is not about a clever gimmick but telling a really good story.

  • I’m not in favor of a regional transportation plan that’s filled with gimmicks and somehow manages to maintain the status quo.

  • Once considered a collegiate gimmick that hid some quarterback weaknesses, the offense has recently produced a bevy of NFL starters, including Kyler Murray, Baker Mayfield and Jared Goff.

  • Part of the selling point, beyond just the gimmick of the hologram’s next-level verisimilitude, is its interactivity.

  • The messaging company has implemented a couple of internal automated games and gimmicks, like a bot that reminds people twice a day to check in on a game called Animal Crossing, fostering connections between employees.

  • Critics praised his crooning, even if they regarded it little more than a gimmick.

  • All joking aside, what was once considered an expensive gimmick is on the verge of going mainstream.

  • The old showbiz saying is “you gotta have a gimmick,” and Minaj has wisely gotten a few.

  • But, beyond all that, she has made her butt her biggest gimmick.

  • Daylyt downplayed the gimmick, later claiming on Twitter that it was his way of saying he was finished with battle rap.

  • It's the gimmick that makes rich Spaniards fuel and hide submarines in the Caribbean—you know that for a fact yourself.

  • Everyone had a little sideline, a gimmick, to put one over on whoever was gullible enough to swallow it.

  • I nodded, looking for the gimmick that made this a paying proposition for good old Tangiers Mutual.

  • You're going to keep up with me, drink for drink, until I can eyeprint that gimmick of yours—or else I stop drinking.

  • This gimmick makes it possible for citizens to raise and decide issues directly.

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