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

• Contraptions: coin carousel, goose-stepping, angel gift, and chain of events.
  金币输送带、机械礼兵、天使礼物夹、连锁机关等等。
• 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。
• Natural curiosity, ten years as a roughneck in the west Texas oilfields, and eleven hard science PhDs have trained him to design, build and repair a variety of deadly contraptions.
  天生拥有好奇心，在十多年来，总待在得克萨斯州西部油田，他和十一个硬科学博士培养了他设计和建造、修复各种致命小玩儿的技巧。
• These contraptions look like giant airplane propellers on a stick.
  这些装置看起来像一根棍子上巨型飞机螺旋桨。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Well, it all comes down to simple physics and two small contraptions: resistive heating element and an aluminum tube.
  那么，归根究柢，这一切都是两个小程控物理学和简单：电阻加热元件及铝筒。
• 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。
• 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。