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 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！