contraptions

英 [kənˈtræpʃənz]

美 [kənˈtræpʃənz]

n.  奇异的机械; 奇特的装置
contraption的复数

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

双语例句

• Most Japanese homes are fitted with such contraptions, many of which have added features including water massage, driers and self-cleaning systems.
  大多数日本家庭安装了这种奇妙的装置，其中有许多还增加了水按摩、烘干机和自洁系统等特色。
• She stuck out like a sore thumb connected to all these contraptions, often causing people to stare and point.
  她看上去像一个疼痛的拇指，这个拇指连接在所有的装置上。因此她经常遭人注视和指指点点。
• They are consigned to a life of fiddling with contraptions in the hopes of somehow discovering a way of pleasing their overbearing mate.
  他们平时的生活就是制作精巧的设计来取悦自己傲慢的配偶。
• If a Rigger you control would assemble a Contraption, it assembles two Contraptions instead.
  如果一个由你操控的装配工将要装配一个机械，则改为装配两个机械。
• During that period, we've owned a series of more-expensive contraptions that combined an ice scraper with a snow brush or even a glove.
  那时候，我们已经有一套更贵的除冰用具，包括带雪刷的冰雪铲，甚至还有一幅手套。
• They are designed to pick up the echo of the seismic vibrations created by contraptions called "thumper trucks" pounding the ground.
  一个名叫“桑普卡车”的小装置会敲击地面，引起的细微地面震动又再传输到无线传感器上。
• He had always abominated the foreign devils 'contraptions. Then he joined another friend and together they were taken in a small boat to Shanghai.
  老通宝向来仇恨小轮船这一类洋鬼子的东西！接着，他又伙同另一位朋友搭乘一艘小轮船前往上海。
• In fact, some people would argue that the contraptions in these photos aren't motorcycles at all.
  事实上，有些人会说，在这些照片中的玩意儿没有摩托车的。
• Two contraptions at the stern will troll for fish, and when one is caught the line is rigged to alert them by tapping a piece of wood.
  在船尾的两个精巧设计将能钓到鱼，有鱼上钩，鱼线就会升起来，敲响一块木板提醒两人。
• Level editor to make your own contraptions.
  等级编辑器来制作自己的玩意儿。