contraption

既定 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/kənˈtɹæp.ʃən/

名詞

軽蔑的 比喩的用法 皮肉的用法

A machine that is complicated and precarious. / (figuratively, derogatory or ironic) Any object.

日本語の意味

複雑で不安定な動作をする機械や装置 / （比喩的に、軽蔑的または皮肉的に）あらゆる物体や仕掛け

このボタンはなに？

He nervously adjusted the wobbly contraption before flicking the switch.

彼はスイッチを入れる前に、そのぐらつく複雑で不安定な装置を不安げに調整した。

詳細

意味（1）

A machine that is complicated and precarious.

意味（2）

(figuratively, derogatory or ironic) Any object.

“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.

詳細

contraptions （ plural ）