contraption
contraption 英 [kənˈtræpʃn] 美 [kənˈtræpʃən]
n. 奇妙的装置；精巧的设计
名词复数:contraptions
- 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.
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- n. 奇妙的装置；精巧的设计
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1. This contraption will ensure you understand the literal cost of your morning laziness.
这个精巧的设计将确保你了解早上赖床的具体成本。
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2. Thursday is "body wedge" class, which involves another exercise contraption, this one a large foam wedge from which I will push myself up in various hateful ways for an hour.
星期四是“楔体”课，这又涉及到另一台奇妙的运动装置。 那是一个大型泡沫楔形物，我得花一个小时时间，以各种讨厌的姿势从里面把自己拉出来。
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3. Still, how seriously should we take his latest contraption: a flying bike?
但是，我们该怎么看他的新玩意儿呢：飞行的单车？
- contraption (n.) a slighting word for "a device, a contrivance," 1825, western England dialect, origin obscure, perhaps from con(trive) + trap, or deception.
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