contraption

noun

1. 奇异的机械；奇特的装置
   a machine or piece of equipment that looks strange
   1. 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。

1. 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 a contraption, 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

1. He calls it a 'contraption', using his favourite word of the moment.
   他用了眼下他最喜欢说的“玩意儿”一词来称呼它。
2. The overly ornate contraption could also symbolize where much of research and development spending by Japanese companies has gone wrong.
   这个过分夸张的精巧装置同时也表明，日本企业所花的大量研发经费到底在哪儿出了岔子。
3. The contraption can be purchased at duty free shops in Tokyo and Narita International airports.
   人们可以在东京和成田国际机场的免税商店里买到这一奇特设计。
4. The electric-powered contraption took about two weeks to build.
   这个神奇的电动机械装置造了两个星期的时间。
5. But this odd contraption could provide a solution for commuters faced with the embarrassing problem of falling asleep on fellow passengers.
   但这款看起来有点奇怪的装置，能为通勤的上班族解决一个非常尴尬的问题：他们再也不会睡着歪倒在旁边乘客的身上了。
6. The box-shaped contraption is approximately 17 inches wide, 18 inches high and clocks in at 33 pounds.
   它的箱型机身大约有17英寸宽，18英寸高，重约33磅。
7. The contraption held small plates of cattle blood and other substance that were covered by a thin membrane to mimic skin.
   这种精密的装置里放了几小盘牛血和其他物质，上面盖有模仿皮肤的薄膜。
8. That this contraption of yours is registered for the road?
   你的这东西已经上过牌照啦？
9. 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？
10. Don't ask me how to use this contraption!
    别问我怎么用这玩意儿！
11. When the public first heard about a contraption that would fly people through the air like birds, many thought it was impractical, not to mention impossible.
    当公众第一次听说一种装置可以象小鸟一样载着人在空中飞翔时，很多人认为这不切实际，更不用说是不可能了。
12. So how long till this contraption's up and running?
    那还要多久这个新玩意才可弄好？
13. GRAND RAPIDS& As Sean Pennington and his classmates bunched into an Amway Grand Plaza Hotel elevator, he pointed out the contraption's brand while pushing the button for the top floor.
    当肖恩•边宁顿和他的同学们一起进入安利大广场的酒店电梯时，他指出了这个奇妙装置的品牌，并按下了去顶层的按钮。
14. 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。
15. 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程控制该装置，使得牙齿变色甚至不断闪烁。
16. And to prove it she'll gladly invite you to test out her latest mechanical contraption;
    为了证明这一点她很乐意邀请你去测试出她最新的奇妙机械。
17. A vile contraption of iron weights squatted over her bosom, as it heaved and fought for every breath.
    一个混蛋金属装置压在女孩儿胸前，随着其呼吸起伏。
18. Not in the sense of a cold metal contraption.
    不是在某种意义上一个寒冷的金属制的新发明物。
19. The crew here has tried to teach me how to use this contraption here.
    这儿的工作人员设法教我使用这个装置。
20. 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？
21. But not to worry, a Laker Girl contraption keeps that hair out of his eyes.
    但不必担心，一个湖人女郎帮他把头发束缚在视野之外。
22. The contraption is not widely known in China.
    这种装置的自行车在中国并不广为人知。
23. I'll never get this bone-headed contraption to work.
    我永远也不能让这个呆头呆脑的东西运转。
24. 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。
25. Whatever's that strange contraption you've got in the garage?
    你车库的那个奇妙玩意到底是什么？
26. 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。
27. Fly! Not in a plane, chopper or some other contraption, just you and several thousand feet of open air!
    去飞行，但不要借助飞机、升机或者其它什么新发明的飞行器，只有你和数千英尺的大气。
28. 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。
29. You find this odd contraption lost in the brush near an extinguished campfire.
    你发现一个单独的精巧装置扔在一堆熄灭的篝火旁边。
30. 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。

noun

1. a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

   Synonym:    appliancecontrivanceconveniencegadgetgizmogismowidget