English Dictionary

contrivance

IPA（発音記号）

/kənˈtɹaɪ.vəns/

名詞

A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task. / A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective. / Something overly artful or artificial.

日本語の意味

特定の作業を実行するための機械的な装置や仕掛け / ある目的を達成するための巧妙に設計された計画や策略 / 過度に人為的または不自然な工夫や作為的なもの

The contrivance he built to water the plants automatically worked better than he expected.

彼が植物に自動で水をやるために作った装置は、彼が予想したよりもうまく機能した。

意味（1）

A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.

意味（2）

A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.

I mean to give something as slight and inexpensive as possible; but I have been so long out of the way of these things, that I am really quite at a loss, and must throw myself on your kindness, as I hope you will be with me, and also Mr. and Mrs. Gooch. You must arrange in such a manner as not to blush for your own contrivances.

意味（3）

Something overly artful or artificial.

contrivances （ plural ）