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

• 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？
• People can even get a computer by which to control the contraption making the teeth change colors or even blink.
  人们还可通过电脑远程控制该装置，使得牙齿变色甚至不断闪烁。
• 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？
• The electric-powered contraption took about two weeks to build.
  这个神奇的电动机械装置造了两个星期的时间。
• 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。
• So how long till this contraption's up and running?
  那还要多久这个新玩意才可弄好？
• 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。
• 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。
• The box-shaped contraption is approximately 17 inches wide, 18 inches high and clocks in at 33 pounds.
  它的箱型机身大约有17英寸宽，18英寸高，重约33磅。
• 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。