contraptions

英 [kənˈtræpʃənz]

美 [kənˈtræpʃənz]

n. 奇异的机械; 奇特的装置
contraption的复数

柯林斯词典

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 acontraption, 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

双语例句

These mathematical contraptions had the charming feature that when they were not needed they worked perfectly, and when they were needed they did not work at all.
这些奇妙的数学模型有一个迷人之处：当你不需要它们时，它们非常管用；而当你需要它们时，它们就屁用不管了。
He had always abominated the foreign devils 'contraptions. Then he joined another friend and together they were taken in a small boat to Shanghai.
老通宝向来仇恨小轮船这一类洋鬼子的东西！接着，他又伙同另一位朋友搭乘一艘小轮船前往上海。
Contraptions: coin carousel, goose-stepping, angel gift, and chain of events.
金币输送带、机械礼兵、天使礼物夹、连锁机关等等。
Natural curiosity, ten years as a roughneck in the west Texas oilfields, and eleven hard science PhDs have trained him to design, build and repair a variety of deadly contraptions.
天生拥有好奇心，在十多年来，总待在得克萨斯州西部油田，他和十一个硬科学博士培养了他设计和建造、修复各种致命小玩儿的技巧。
They are designed to pick up the echo of the seismic vibrations created by contraptions called "thumper trucks" pounding the ground.
一个名叫“桑普卡车”的小装置会敲击地面，引起的细微地面震动又再传输到无线传感器上。
Two contraptions at the stern will troll for fish, and when one is caught the line is rigged to alert them by tapping a piece of wood.
在船尾的两个精巧设计将能钓到鱼，有鱼上钩，鱼线就会升起来，敲响一块木板提醒两人。
Well, it all comes down to simple physics and two small contraptions: resistive heating element and an aluminum tube.
那么，归根究柢，这一切都是两个小程控物理学和简单：电阻加热元件及铝筒。
Where pumpkins will be heaved over a soybean field by contraptions made out of everything from tree trunks to giant rubber bands.
在这个比赛中，参赛者可以用从树干到大橡胶带等各种各样奇异的工具将南瓜掷过一片大豆地。
In fact, some people would argue that the contraptions in these photos aren't motorcycles at all.
事实上，有些人会说，在这些照片中的玩意儿没有摩托车的。
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。