contraption

英 [kənˈtræpʃn]

美 [kənˈtræpʃn]

n.  奇异的机械; 奇特的装置

复数：contraptions　

BNC.18927 / COCA.14544

牛津词典

noun

• 奇异的机械；奇特的装置
  a machine or piece of equipment that looks strange
  1. She showed us a strange contraption that looked like a satellite dish.
     她给我们看了一个奇怪的玩意儿，样子像碟形卫星信号接收器。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (尤指奇怪的或不知道用途的)奇妙的装置;新奇玩意儿
  You can refer to a device or machine as acontraption, especially when it looks strange or you do not know what it is used for.
  1. ...a strange contraption called the General Gordon Gas Bath.
     一种名为“戈登将军燃气加热浴盆”的奇特装置

英英释义

noun

• a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
  Synonym:appliancecontrivanceconveniencegadgetgizmogismowidget

双语例句

• The electric-powered contraption took about two weeks to build.
  这个神奇的电动机械装置造了两个星期的时间。
• If a Rigger you control would assemble a Contraption, it assembles two Contraptions instead.
  如果一个由你操控的装配工将要装配一个机械，则改为装配两个机械。
• The overly ornate contraption could also symbolize where much of research and development spending by Japanese companies has gone wrong.
  这个过分夸张的精巧装置同时也表明，日本企业所花的大量研发经费到底在哪儿出了岔子。
• That this contraption of yours is registered for the road?
  你的这东西已经上过牌照啦？
• And to prove it she'll gladly invite you to test out her latest mechanical contraption;
  为了证明这一点她很乐意邀请你去测试出她最新的奇妙机械。
• But this odd contraption could provide a solution for commuters faced with the embarrassing problem of falling asleep on fellow passengers.
  但这款看起来有点奇怪的装置，能为通勤的上班族解决一个非常尴尬的问题：他们再也不会睡着歪倒在旁边乘客的身上了。
• You find this odd contraption lost in the brush near an extinguished campfire.
  你发现一个单独的精巧装置扔在一堆熄灭的篝火旁边。
• Not in the sense of a cold metal contraption.
  不是在某种意义上一个寒冷的金属制的新发明物。
• I'll never get this bone-headed contraption to work.
  我永远也不能让这个呆头呆脑的东西运转。
• The crew here has tried to teach me how to use this contraption here.
  这儿的工作人员设法教我使用这个装置。