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
- 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？ - 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。 - 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。 - So how long till this contraption's up and running?
那还要多久这个新玩意才可弄好？ - 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。 - 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。 - That this contraption of yours is registered for the road?
你的这东西已经上过牌照啦？ - 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。 - Don't ask me how to use this contraption!
别问我怎么用这玩意儿！