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contraption

[ kuhn-trap-shuhn ]

noun

  1. a mechanical contrivance; gadget; device.


contraption

/ 办蓹苍藞迟谤忙辫蕛蓹苍 /

noun

  1. informal.
    a device or contrivance, esp one considered strange, unnecessarily intricate, or improvised
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠辞苍路迟谤补辫路迟颈辞耻蝉 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of contraption1

First recorded in 1815鈥25; perhaps contr(ivance) + (ad)aption, variant of adaptation
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of contraption1

C19: perhaps from con ( trivance ) + trap 1+ ( inven ) tion
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Asked whether the contraption could, for instance, disrupt drone frequencies and force them to return to their bases, he replied mysteriously: "Maybe, among other things."

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It鈥檚 a massive contraption, like a Pilates Reformer on steroids.

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Even the ride vehicle is noteworthy, as we enter a contraption that looks and feels like court seating, before being jolted to the right.

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At Hope and Peace Park, kids arrived on foot, in strollers and wagons, and some of them climbed the multi-colored contraption and tested the new slides as smiling parents looked on.

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In the Oval Office, the Diet Coke button - a contraption installed in an ornate wooden box which allows the president to command his beverage of choice at any time of day - is back.

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