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

• 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。
• Do any of you fools know how to shut off this infernal contraption?
  你们这些笨蛋知道怎么把这个垃？
• 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。
• But not to worry, a Laker Girl contraption keeps that hair out of his eyes.
  但不必担心，一个湖人女郎帮他把头发束缚在视野之外。
• The contraption's buzzer sounds when water levels reach a pre-set level within the device.
  当水位达到这个新发明装置内部预设的位置的时候，它的蜂鸣器就会发出声音。
• 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。
• The box-shaped contraption is approximately 17 inches wide, 18 inches high and clocks in at 33 pounds.
  它的箱型机身大约有17英寸宽，18英寸高，重约33磅。
• So how long till this contraption's up and running?
  那还要多久这个新玩意才可弄好？
• He calls it a 'contraption', using his favourite word of the moment.
  他用了眼下他最喜欢说的“玩意儿”一词来称呼它。
• People can even get a computer by which to control the contraption making the teeth change colors or even blink.
  人们还可通过电脑远程控制该装置，使得牙齿变色甚至不断闪烁。