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？
• 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 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。
• Whatever's that strange contraption you've got in the garage?
  你车库的那个奇妙玩意到底是什么？
• Don't ask me how to use this contraption!
  别问我怎么用这玩意儿！
• That this contraption of yours is registered for the road?
  你的这东西已经上过牌照啦？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• You find this odd contraption lost in the brush near an extinguished campfire.
  你发现一个单独的精巧装置扔在一堆熄灭的篝火旁边。