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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

    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。