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? - 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。 - Don't ask me how to use this contraption!
别问我怎么用这玩意儿! - 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 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。 - 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。 - The contraption's buzzer sounds when water levels reach a pre-set level within the device.
当水位达到这个新发明装置内部预设的位置的时候,它的蜂鸣器就会发出声音。 - 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。 - But not to worry, a Laker Girl contraption keeps that hair out of his eyes.
但不必担心,一个湖人女郎帮他把头发束缚在视野之外。 - 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。