contraptions
英 [kənˈtræpʃənz]
美 [kənˈtræpʃənz]
n. 奇异的机械; 奇特的装置
contraption的复数
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.
双语例句
- Where pumpkins will be heaved over a soybean field by contraptions made out of everything from tree trunks to giant rubber bands.
在这个比赛中，参赛者可以用从树干到大橡胶带等各种各样奇异的工具将南瓜掷过一片大豆地。 - Contraptions: coin carousel, goose-stepping, angel gift, and chain of events.
金币输送带、机械礼兵、天使礼物夹、连锁机关等等。 - These mathematical contraptions had the charming feature that when they were not needed they worked perfectly, and when they were needed they did not work at all.
这些奇妙的数学模型有一个迷人之处：当你不需要它们时，它们非常管用；而当你需要它们时，它们就屁用不管了。 - Two contraptions at the stern will troll for fish, and when one is caught the line is rigged to alert them by tapping a piece of wood.
在船尾的两个精巧设计将能钓到鱼，有鱼上钩，鱼线就会升起来，敲响一块木板提醒两人。 - Level editor to make your own contraptions.
等级编辑器来制作自己的玩意儿。 - The greatest advantage of the Campbell-Stokes Recorder is that it is incredibly easy to use – a young child properly instructed could record the sunshine from one of these marvellous contraptions.
该坎贝尔斯托克斯录像机的最大优点是它非常容易使用-一个年轻的孩子适当指示可以记录从这些奇妙的玩意儿之一的阳光。 - They are consigned to a life of fiddling with contraptions in the hopes of somehow discovering a way of pleasing their overbearing mate.
他们平时的生活就是制作精巧的设计来取悦自己傲慢的配偶。 - Greg can often be found sticking strange contraptions down the mouth of large reptiles in the name of science.
格雷格经常凭借科学研究，通过大型爬行动物的嘴设计出一些奇怪的装置。 - Natural curiosity, ten years as a roughneck in the west Texas oilfields, and eleven hard science PhDs have trained him to design, build and repair a variety of deadly contraptions.
天生拥有好奇心，在十多年来，总待在得克萨斯州西部油田，他和十一个硬科学博士培养了他设计和建造、修复各种致命小玩儿的技巧。 - They routinely do battle with terrifying contraptions, chemicals, sharp objects and irons capable of scalding.
她们经常与让人害怕的新发明、化学药品、尖锐的东西和滚烫的铁器作斗争。