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

• So how long till this contraption's up and running?
  那还要多久这个新玩意才可弄好？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• That this contraption of yours is registered for the road?
  你的这东西已经上过牌照啦？
• Don't ask me how to use this contraption!
  别问我怎么用这玩意儿！
• 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。
• A vile contraption of iron weights squatted over her bosom, as it heaved and fought for every breath.
  一个混蛋金属装置压在女孩儿胸前，随着其呼吸起伏。
• Not in the sense of a cold metal contraption.
  不是在某种意义上一个寒冷的金属制的新发明物。