contraption
美 [kənˈtræpʃ(ə)n] 
英 [kən'træpʃ(ə)n]
- n.奇异的机械；奇特的装置
- 网络奇妙的装置；精巧的设计；奇巧的设计
词形变化
复数：contraptions 同义词
英汉双解
1. | 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。 |
英汉解释
n. | 1. 〈口〉新设计,新发明;〈蔑〉样子古怪的新发明(物品) |
英英解释
例句
From the looks of it, this contraption is not easy to make, but check out Instructables for the full step-by-step instructions.
这样看，这种新型的发明不是容易制作的，但是你可以根据Instructables一步一步地按照指示完成。
I don't have a contraption for that kind of situation, unless you want to put a blanket between the two of you.
好吧，我没有什么奇特的装置可以应付那种情况，除非你愿意在你们之间隔上一条毯子。
it's just that working in parallel is an advantage in and of itself, and worth building a million-dollar stand-alone contraption to do it.
并行工作本身就是一大优势，光冲这一点就值得花上百万美元来造台可以并行工作的单机。
It is quite easy to imagine Albus Dumbledore fussing around the crystal ball at the center of the contraption.
这是很容易想象艾伯斯围绕在精巧中心水晶球大惊小怪。
With an earsplitting burst of superheated steam, the contraption lifts Ross gently into the air and, for a few noisy seconds, he is flying.
随着加热的蒸汽发出震耳欲聋的爆鸣声，装置缓缓将罗斯推到空中，闹哄哄的几秒钟后，他就在自由飞行了。
But the human brain is far more complex than, and superior to, any mechanical contraption in terms of musicality.
但是人脑在音乐性方面远比任何机械器件复杂、优越得多。
Pedestrians were surprised to see me on this blue-grey contraption heading across Waterloo Bridge and to work.
路上的行人看见我骑着蓝灰色的新玩意穿越滑铁卢大桥前去工作，都相当诧异。
However, in an interview, Ms. Meyers's mother, Harriet Meyers, said she had come to appreciate the contraption.
然而，在问到迈耶斯女士的母亲，哈丽特.迈耶斯时，她说她已经开始喜欢这玩意儿了。
Rebound Exercise: The bounce-back chair (a tall bungee cord-like contraption) is probably the best form of exercise for CFIDS.
篮板练习：反弹椅（高蹦极索状玩意儿）是可能的最好的形式行使CFIDS。
Acolyte: This crude contraption will allow you to transport the remains of our master.
寺僧：这个简陋的装置会帮助你运送我们主人的遗骸。
This contraption will ensure you understand the literal cost of your morning laziness.
这个精巧的设计将确保你了解早上赖床的具体成本。
The contraption was a puzzle in and of itself.
这个奇妙的装置本身以及它内在的构造都是个谜。
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。
In a corner of the laboratory, propped near Biro's camera contraption, was Teri Horton's canvas, splashed with blue and red and white paint.
在实验室的角落，比罗照相机支撑位旁边的是泰莉·赫顿的油画，蓝色、红色和白色的泼点画。
Brooks's ideas gelled in a cockroachlike contraption the size of a football called "Genghis. "
布鲁克斯的设想在一个叫“成吉思”的机巧装置上成形。成吉思有橄榄球大小，象只蟑螂似的。
The Phantom Keystroker may look like a harmless usb thumb drive, but it's actually a devious contraption of unlimited office-based torture.
幻影Keystroker可能看起来像一种无害的USB拇指驱动器，但它实际上是一种迂回的玩意儿无限办公室的酷刑。
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。
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端控制该装置，使得牙齿变色甚至不断闪烁。
A crablike contraption sidles menacingly across a biscuit shaped planet, housing a star in its glass belly.
一个类似螃蟹的新装置蛮横的横行越过饼干状的星球，它的玻璃肚皮里装着一颗星星。
They are a result of the way that the brain, a Rube Goldberg mental contraption, processes memory.
它们是大脑这个复杂的精神装置处理记忆的结果。
The metal contraption on wheels used to transport and move boxes of stock.
有轮子的金属装置，用于运输和搬运装货物的箱子。
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。
Remember when any vehicle with the 'e-word' in its name brought to mind some awkward-looking and ponderously slow contraption?
还记得我们一碰到任何名字中带有“电”这个词的汽车，就会联想起很囧、笨拙缓慢的机器吗？
Instead, NASA hopes to deposit it on Mars using a contraption it has dubbed a sky crane.
相反地，NASA希望利用一种精巧的被称为“天空起重机”的装置使其在火星着陆。
Not Wall-e exactly, but some more insect-like contraption that is able to scrape together enough power to survive and breed.
不完全是《机器人总动员》里面的WALL-E，而是一些更像昆虫的机器，它们能通过消化垃圾聚集起来足够生存和繁殖的能量。
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？
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。
Instead of giving you a glimpse of the world to come, the visually-stunning contraption is actually a unique electronic display.
不过，这个新发明并不能让你一睹未来世界，它其实是一个具有视觉冲击力的电子显示器。
Which explains why Amazon. com has named its new crowdsourcing engine after von Kempelen's contraption.
Amazon因此将其众包引擎以vonKempelen的奇妙装置命名。
The supersonic contraption disintegrates common tap water into mist.
这是用超音波把平常的自来水分解成雾状。
The system is more complex. What has been legislated is a Rube Goldberg contraption.
系统更复杂了，被立法的是收保护费的黑帮。
At Bespoke, Mr. Summit has built a scanning contraption to examine limbs using a camera.
在Bespoke公司，萨米特先生建造了一个精巧的扫描装置，可以使用相机对肢体进行扫描检查。
Do any of you fools know how to shut off this infernal contraption ?
你们这些笨蛋知道怎么把这个垃圾机器关掉吗？。
Joe's contraption has big payoffs, and not just in the office.
乔的新发明获得了大量报酬，并且不仅仅在办公室。
Still, how seriously should we take his latest contraption: a flying bike?
但是，我们该怎么看他的新玩意儿呢：飞行的单车？
contraption: A mechanical device; a gadget.
一种机械装置；小机件
See, the problem is, Junior, I add a couple of items, which your AddItem function takes and puts into that map contraption.
看到了吗，问题是，哥们儿，我加入了几项记录，用你的AddItem函数放入map容器。
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。
The eggmobile is a very rickety contraption.
eggmobile是一个摇晃的精巧装置。
Undo us, please, from this contraption.
解开我们，请，从这一个巧妙的设计。
