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

• a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
  Synonym:appliancecontrivanceconveniencegadgetgizmogismowidget

双语例句

• The contraption held small plates of cattle blood and other substance that were covered by a thin membrane to mimic skin.
  这种精密的装置里放了几小盘牛血和其他物质，上面盖有模仿皮肤的薄膜。
• 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。
• The contraption's buzzer sounds when water levels reach a pre-set level within the device.
  当水位达到这个新发明装置内部预设的位置的时候，它的蜂鸣器就会发出声音。
• 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。
• Would you believe this cockpit is actually all inside the unprepossessing contraption on the right?
  你相信这个驾驶舱，就在右图貌不惊人的「铁盒」中吗？
• 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？
• 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。
• Whatever's that strange contraption you've got in the garage?
  你车库的那个奇妙玩意到底是什么？
• 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。
• 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。