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美:[kənˈtræpʃn]
英:[kənˈtræpʃn]
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con·trap·tion
kn traep shn
复数:contraptions
noun
(informal) a mechanical device, sometimes of odd design or construction; gadget.How do you make this contraption work?It was a strange contraption with various pipes sticking out from it.
"设备,器具"的轻蔑用语,出现于1825年,源自西英格兰方言,起源不明,可能来自 con(trive) 和 trap,或 deception。
perhaps blend of contrivance, trap, and invention
The first known use of contraption was circa 1825
contributeverb
to give along with others
contribute money to a cause
to have a part in bringing about something
everybody contributed to the success of the show
to submit articles to a publication
contributeverb
to give along with others
contribute money to a cause
to have a part in bringing about something
everybody contributed to the success of the show
to submit articles to a publication
contributeverb
to give along with others
contribute money to a cause
to have a part in bringing about something
everybody contributed to the success of the show
to submit articles to a publication
contrast1 of 2verb
to show noticeable differences
to compare two persons or things so as to show the differences between them
contrast2 of 2noun
a person or thing that shows differences when compared to another
difference or unlikeness (as in color or brightness) between related things especially when very plain
contrariwiseadverb
just the opposite : on the contrary
vice versa
contrary1 of 2noun
something opposite or contrary
contrary2 of 2adjective
exactly opposite : entirely different
contrary opinions
being against or opposed : in violation
actions contrary to the law
not favorable or helpful
a contrary wind
unwilling to obey or behave well
a contrary child
contrary1 of 2noun
something opposite or contrary
contrary2 of 2adjective
exactly opposite : entirely different
contrary opinions
being against or opposed : in violation
actions contrary to the law
not favorable or helpful
a contrary wind
unwilling to obey or behave well
a contrary child
contrary1 of 2noun
something opposite or contrary
contrary2 of 2adjective
exactly opposite : entirely different
contrary opinions
being against or opposed : in violation
actions contrary to the law
not favorable or helpful
a contrary wind
unwilling to obey or behave well
a contrary child
contraptionnoun
device sense 1c, gadget
1 Part of this contraption, looking dare I say it like something that has fallen off a stall at a fair, is preserved in the Scriabin Museum in Moscow.
2 Eden walks by, then peeks out the window at the approaching soldiers and points some handmade metal contraption at them.
3 What, this? This harmless little contraption?
就这个? 这个无害的小东西?。
4 Each has a handheld contraption called a Holo that produces images like I saw in Command.
5 “We have survived this long without electric cool and I have no intentions of setting one of those tacky contraptions in my window.”
6 Dutch wife refers to a sleeping contraption.
竹夫人指的是一种睡眠装置。
7 One is fussing with a contraption to suspend a kettle over the fire and boil water.
8 How do girls ever get used to walking with this contraption between their legs?
9 Henry pointed out a line of metal contraptions that were about four feet high.
10 I feel like I'm in an elaborate Rube Goldberg contraption that someone else designed.
11 There was a blank screen instead of paper, and the whole contraption glowed, emitting a warm but not entirely friendly smell.
12 And buy a proper wooden table and not that plastic contraption.
并购买适当的木桌上,而不是该塑料玩意儿。
13 The contraption lay with its stomach on terra firma, heavy and sluggish and looking more like a wounded duck than like one of those newfangled airplanes they were starting to produce in the United States.
14 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。
15 It was a do-it-yourself contraption that you could assemble at home.
16 The locomotive was black, an ungainly contraption led by the triangular snout of the cowcatcher, though there would be few animals where this engine was headed.
17 Since Doc Kelly had finally cut me loose from that contraption, I could start moving around a bit, building up the strength in my leg.
18 Many of the people running the bulldozers and shovel contraptions were stripped of their shirts, while others standing nearby even wore ties and coats.
19 I don't understand how this contraption operates.
我弄不懂这怪玩意儿是怎么工作的。
20 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。