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

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。
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 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。
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。
The box-shaped contraption is approximately 17 inches wide, 18 inches high and clocks in at 33 pounds.
它的箱型机身大约有17英寸宽，18英寸高，重约33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。
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。
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？