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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

    双语例句

    • The contraption is not widely known in China.
      这种装置的自行车在中国并不广为人知。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • Approach the contraption on your left and automatically use IRON WEDGE.
      方法你左边的玩意儿,并自动用铁楔。
    • Don't ask me how to use this contraption!
      别问我怎么用这玩意儿!