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
- 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？ - Don't ask me how to use this contraption!
别问我怎么用这玩意儿！ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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？ - GRAND RAPIDS& As Sean Pennington and his classmates bunched into an Amway Grand Plaza Hotel elevator, he pointed out the contraption's brand while pushing the button for the top floor.
当肖恩•边宁顿和他的同学们一起进入安利大广场的酒店电梯时，他指出了这个奇妙装置的品牌，并按下了去顶层的按钮。 - 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。