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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Don't ask me how to use this contraption!
别问我怎么用这玩意儿！ - 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？ - 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。 - 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。