contraption

美 [kənˈtræpʃn]英 [kənˈtræpʃn]
  • n.装置;奇特的装置;奇异的机械

复数: contraptions

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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。

contraption

频次

  • 1
    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 a contraption, 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

noun

1
a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
Synonym: appliance contrivance convenience gadget gizmo gismo widget

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  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。

  2. He calls it a ' contraption ' , using his favourite word of the moment .

    他用了眼下他最喜欢说的“玩意儿”一词来称呼它。

  3. Have you ever stood at a bus shelter and longed to take the weight off your feet , only to be presented with the unpleasant prospect1 of some kind of metal contraption for leaning on ?

    你是否曾经在某个公交站亭,想要坐下歇歇脚,却发现只有一个造型诡异的金属装置可以倚靠一阵?

  4. Now the first time I saw you with this contraption .

    第一次见你拿着这支弓时

  5. Approach the contraption on your left and automatically use IRON WEDGE .

    方法你左边的玩意儿,并自动用铁楔。

  6. The contraption is not widely known in China .

    这种装置的自行车在中国并不广为人知。

  7. So how long till this contraption 's up and running ?

    那还要多久这个新玩意才可弄好?

  8. 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。

  9. Don 't ask me how to use this contraption !

    别问我怎么用这玩意儿!

  10. The Grouting and pulling contraption technology and pulling of prestressed anchor in soil

    土层预应力锚杆注浆与张拉施工技术

  11. 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。

  12. I 'll never get this bone-headed contraption to work .

    我永远也不能让这个呆头呆脑的东西运转。

  13. 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?

  14. 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。

  15. That this contraption of yours is registered for the road ?

    你的这东西已经上过牌照啦?

  16. 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。

  17. 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。

  18. Did you give permission for this contraption to be brought into my ward ?

    你让这种怪异装置进到我的病房经过我的允许了吗

  19. 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?

  20. 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。

  21. 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。

  22. 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。

  23. This chandelier-looking contraption was hanging in the Citadel library when Sam entered .

    山姆进入学城图书馆时,那里悬挂着一个枝形吊灯似的奇妙装置。

  24. 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。

  25. 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。

  26. 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。

  27. Once the whipping motion is complete , the contraption rolls up so the sequence can be repeated .

    完全甩开之后,它又会自动卷起来,不断重复。

  28. The contraption held small plates of cattle blood and other substance that were covered by a thin membrane to mimic skin .

    这种精密的装置里放了几小盘牛血和其他物质,上面盖有模仿皮肤的薄膜。

  29. 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。

  30. But then , I said , does this contraption contain some sort of locomotive mechanism , and a crew to run it ?

    那么,这只船里面是不是有一套驾驶机器和一批驾驶人员?我说。