| 释义 |
Noun: contrivance kun'trIvuns- A device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- appliance, contraption, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget - The faculty of contriving; inventive skill
"his skilful contrivance of answers to every problem" - An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
"his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"
- stratagem, dodge - An artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
"the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable" - Any improvised arrangement for temporary use
- lash-up - The act of devising something
- devisal
Derived forms: contrivances See also: contrive Type of: arrangement, conception, design, device, excogitation, innovation, invention, organisation [Brit], organization, scheme, strategy, system |