contraption

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /kənˈtɹæp.ʃən/    美 /kənˈtɹæp.ʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A machine that is complicated and precarious.
  2. Any object. derogatory,figuratively,ironic
    — “Yes, sir, if that was the language of love, I'll eat my hat,” said the blood relation, alluding, I took it, to the beastly straw contraption in which she does her gardening, concerning which I can only say that it is almost as foul as Uncle Tom's Sherlock Holmes deerstalker, which has frightened more crows than any other lid in Worcestershire.

词形变化

contraptions plural

词汇关系

近义词
contrivance device fandango gadget mechanism construction
衍生词
contraptionary contraptor

词源

Possibly a Western US English dialectal word of unknown origin. First attested in the early 19th century. Perhaps from contrive + trap + -tion, while also possibly approximating construction. Chambers suggests contrivance + adaption. Neither Chambers nor Concise Oxford suggests a US origin. Compare cantrip, cantrap (Scots dialect), a wilful piece of trickery.
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