contraption
美音:
[kənt´ræpʃən
]英音:
[kənt´ræpʃən
]n.精巧的设计,装置
难易程度:
contraption为短语/超纲词汇
contraption
/kən'træpʃn; kən`træpʃən/
n (infml 口) apparatus or device, esp a strange or complicated one 器械或装置(尤指新奇或复杂的玩意儿)
*a peculiar contraption for removing pips from oranges 可以除去柑橘的子的稀奇玩意儿.
contraption
n[C]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Perhaps from contrivance + trap + invention]
a piece of equipment or machinery that looks funny, strange, and unlikely to work well
a bizarre contraption