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

• He calls it a 'contraption', using his favourite word of the moment.
  他用了眼下他最喜欢说的“玩意儿”一词来称呼它。
• 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 contraption can be purchased at duty free shops in Tokyo and Narita International airports.
  人们可以在东京和成田国际机场的免税商店里买到这一奇特设计。
• 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？
• When the public first heard about a contraption that would fly people through the air like birds, many thought it was impractical, not to mention impossible.
  当公众第一次听说一种装置可以象小鸟一样载着人在空中飞翔时，很多人认为这不切实际，更不用说是不可能了。
• 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。
• I'll never get this bone-headed contraption to work.
  我永远也不能让这个呆头呆脑的东西运转。
• But this odd contraption could provide a solution for commuters faced with the embarrassing problem of falling asleep on fellow passengers.
  但这款看起来有点奇怪的装置，能为通勤的上班族解决一个非常尴尬的问题：他们再也不会睡着歪倒在旁边乘客的身上了。
• 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。
• 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。