英 [kənˈtræpʃn] 美 [kənˈtræpʃn]
n. 奇妙的装置；精巧的设计
复数contraptions
contraption /kənˈtræpʃən/
可数名词 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. 古怪装置
...a strange contraption called the General Gordon Gas Bath.
...一个叫戈登将军煤气浴缸的奇怪装置。
a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
同义词： appliance / contrivance / convenience / gadget / gizmo / gismo / widget
... gadget 小机件 contraption 奇妙的装置 thingamajig 某某 ...
... tiddler 小鱼 contraption 精巧的设计，装置 wriggle 蠕动，蜿蜒 ...
... Cessna 一种小型飞机的商标名 contraption （奇妙的）装置 drumstick 家禽腿后部 ...
... talent n.人才，天才，有才能的人 contraption n.奇巧的设计;装置 underscore vt.划线于…下,强调 ...
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。
Who could possibly have come up with such a nifty contraption?
谁能构想出这么漂亮新奇的装置呢？
Dutch wife refers to a sleeping contraption.
竹夫人指的是一种睡眠装置。
The metal contraption built by two teenagers caught and threw a ball.
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We have no idea what this menacing contraption actually is supposed to look like or what it's actually intended to signify, but we can know, I think, with some certainty that it's not scrannel.
我们无从得知这个威胁性的装置,实际上是什么样或者要代表什么，但是我们可以通过一些并不细小的确切性得知。
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So, not only did Professor Sayer, who's in the Chemistry Department who put together this contraption for all of you, not only did she magnify the size of these gold nuclei, but she actually had to smoosh all of these atoms closer together then they normally would be.
化学系的Sayer教授把这些玩意放到一起，她不仅把金原子核的,尺寸放大了,还把原子核的间距压缩了,事实上，如果原子核的尺寸有这么大,我们需要另一个大教室，放这个原子核。
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This time, there was no malfunction, but the contraption did nothing to help the drama.
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This contraption extracts humidity from the air, creating moisture which is condensed and collected.
It's a minimalist contraption that includes only the bare essentials needed in a modern desktop computer.
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