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单词 contraption
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
con•trap•tion /kənˈtræpʃən/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Informal Termsan odd or strange-looking machine:That contraption looks like a sewing machine hooked up to a bicycle.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
con•trap•tion  (kən trapshən),USA pronunciation n. [Informal.]
  1. Informal Termsa mechanical contrivance;
    gadget;
    device.
  • perh. contr(ivance) + (ad)aption, variant of adaptation 1815–25
con•traptious, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
contraption /kənˈtræpʃən/ n
  1. informal often facetious or derogatory a device or contrivance, esp one considered strange, unnecessarily intricate, or improvised
Etymology: 19th Century: perhaps from con( trivance) + trap1 + ( inven) tion
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