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
- And to prove it she'll gladly invite you to test out her latest mechanical contraption;
为了证明这一点她很乐意邀请你去测试出她最新的奇妙机械。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 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? - So how long till this contraption's up and running?
那还要多久这个新玩意才可弄好?