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词汇 contraption
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contraption

noun
/kənˈtræpʃn/
/kənˈtræpʃn/
  1. a machine or piece of equipment that looks strange or complicated and possibly does not work well奇异的机械;奇特的装置
    • 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。
    词源early 19th cent.: perhaps from contrive (on the pattern of pairs such as conceive, conception), by association with trap.
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