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.
  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

双语例句

• During that period, we've owned a series of more-expensive contraptions that combined an ice scraper with a snow brush or even a glove.
  那时候，我们已经有一套更贵的除冰用具，包括带雪刷的冰雪铲，甚至还有一幅手套。
• In fact, some people would argue that the contraptions in these photos aren't motorcycles at all.
  事实上，有些人会说，在这些照片中的玩意儿没有摩托车的。
• She stuck out like a sore thumb connected to all these contraptions, often causing people to stare and point.
  她看上去像一个疼痛的拇指，这个拇指连接在所有的装置上。因此她经常遭人注视和指指点点。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• These contraptions look like giant airplane propellers on a stick.
  这些装置看起来像一根棍子上巨型飞机螺旋桨。