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
- 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。