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- 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。
- She showed us a strange contraption that looked like a satellite dish.
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.- ...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
- ...a strange contraption called the General Gordon Gas Bath.
英英释义
noun
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - GRAND RAPIDS& As Sean Pennington and his classmates bunched into an Amway Grand Plaza Hotel elevator, he pointed out the contraption's brand while pushing the button for the top floor.
当肖恩•边宁顿和他的同学们一起进入安利大广场的酒店电梯时，他指出了这个奇妙装置的品牌，并按下了去顶层的按钮。 - 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。 - 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。 - The contraption held small plates of cattle blood and other substance that were covered by a thin membrane to mimic skin.
这种精密的装置里放了几小盘牛血和其他物质，上面盖有模仿皮肤的薄膜。 - 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？