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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

    • A vile contraption of iron weights squatted over her bosom, as it heaved and fought for every breath.
      一个混蛋金属装置压在女孩儿胸前,随着其呼吸起伏。
    • 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?
    • So how long till this contraption's up and running?
      那还要多久这个新玩意才可弄好?
    • 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。
    • But not to worry, a Laker Girl contraption keeps that hair out of his eyes.
      但不必担心,一个湖人女郎帮他把头发束缚在视野之外。
    • Not in the sense of a cold metal contraption.
      不是在某种意义上一个寒冷的金属制的新发明物。
    • Don't ask me how to use this contraption!
      别问我怎么用这玩意儿!
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • This is an incredible contraption that had a bore of more than a yard, and through a rock weighing a thousand pounds.
      这是一个难以置信的装置,炮镗就超过一码,石弹的重量就超过一千磅。