| 单词 | contraption |
| 释义 | contraption (kəntræpʃən ) Word forms: contraptions countable noun 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. Wearers use the strange contraption for facial exercises. Synonyms: device, instrument, mechanism, apparatus Collocations: mechanical contraption He set out to recreate an elaborate mechanical contraption that could harness up to 24 spiders at a time to extract the filaments they emit to make webs. Times, Sunday Times The original figure (now restored) was of 40 ft height weighing about 6 tons (considered then as the largest such mechanical contraption sign in the world). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They also use the carpentry tools and local resources to build mechanical contraptions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By operating mechanical contraptions and deciphering codes and symbols discovered in the surroundings, the vaguely explained goal can eventually be reached. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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