contraption
noun /kənˈtræpʃn/
/kənˈtræpʃn/
- 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. - She showed us a strange contraption that looked like a satellite dish.