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

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。
AM standing in a cold north London workshop looking expectantly at a bizarre metal and plastic contraption.
我站在一个寒冷伦敦北方的车间，充满期待的看着这个奇形怪状的金属和塑料材质的新发明。
Don't ask me how to use this contraption!
别问我怎么用这玩意儿！
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。
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。
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。
When the public first heard about a contraption that would fly people through the air like birds, many thought it was impractical, not to mention impossible.
当公众第一次听说一种装置可以象小鸟一样载着人在空中飞翔时，很多人认为这不切实际，更不用说是不可能了。
Fly! Not in a plane, chopper or some other contraption, just you and several thousand feet of open air!
去飞行，但不要借助飞机、升机或者其它什么新发明的飞行器，只有你和数千英尺的大气。
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 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。