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contraption n.奇妙的装置 (1) 我弄不懂这怪玩意儿是怎么工作的。(2) 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。 The word is English, all right, but how it got here is a mystery. It may be from a combination of contrive and adaptation. Contraptions — also called gadgets or gizmos — are devices people make for various purposes. Often, this word is used when someone isn't quite sure what something is, as in "What's that contraption?" Oh that’s just a dog-walking machine made of a roller skate, bacon, and four paper clips.

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英 [kən'træpʃən] 美 [kən'træpʃən] (1) I don't understand how this contraption operates.(2) She showed us a strange contraption that looked like a satellite dish. A contraption is a device that has a specific purpose and is often overly complicated. If your dad yells, “Get that contraption out of here!” He doesn’t appreciate the Rube Goldberg machine you made out of his golf clubs. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词](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. ...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

英语单词	contraption
英美音标	英 [kən'træpʃən] 美 [kən'træpʃən]
中文释义	n.奇妙的装置
英语例句	(1) I don't understand how this contraption operates. (2) She showed us a strange contraption that looked like a satellite dish.
中文例句	(1) 我弄不懂这怪玩意儿是怎么工作的。 (2) 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。
vocabulary简明	A contraption is a device that has a specific purpose and is often overly complicated. If your dad yells, “Get that contraption out of here!” He doesn’t appreciate the Rube Goldberg machine you made out of his golf clubs.
vocabulary扩展	The word is English, all right, but how it got here is a mystery. It may be from a combination of contrive and adaptation. Contraptions — also called gadgets or gizmos — are devices people make for various purposes. Often, this word is used when someone isn't quite sure what something is, as in "What's that contraption?" Oh that’s just a dog-walking machine made of a roller skate, bacon, and four paper clips.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](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. ...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

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