contraption

The steam engine is an unthinkable contraption without the domesticating loop of the revolving governor.

要是没有那个安安分分转动着的调控器所构成的主控回路,蒸汽机根本就是不可想象的装置.

For the next 20 years, Gsellmann secretly constructed his bizarre contraption around the atom model, adding in bells, clocks, fans, conveyor belts, whistles, chains, and even a xylophone.

此后的20年，Gsellmann秘密地在原子模型周围建造他的奇特装置，加上铃铛，时钟，风扇，传送带，哨子，链条，甚至是木琴。

He calls it a "contraption", using his favourite word of the moment.

他用了眼下他最喜欢说的“玩意儿”一词来称呼它。

Yet for children and adults alike, the sheer pomposity of the contraption, an odd marriage of funicular and Ferris wheel, are attraction enough.

然而，对于儿童或类似儿童的成人，它精巧而浮夸的设计、缆车与摩天轮的古怪联姻，仍然有巨大的吸引力。

Being this near to the spaceship defies belief: it looks more like a contraption from the steam age than the space age.

如此近距离的观察太空飞船，会令人产生一种难以置信的感觉：看上去，它更像是蒸汽时代的产物，而非来自太空时代。

But the contraption tooling around the French capital needs all that gear to do its job-adding three-dimensional images to Google's Street View Maps.

但是在法国首都需要这些精密的工具来完成它的工作——为谷歌的街景地图添加三维图像。

It is not surprising that this contraption serves itself more reliably than it does ordinary Brazilians.

由此,说它是自己忠实的奴仆也就不足为奇了.

a Heath Robinson contraption

复杂而不实用的装置

The metal contraption on wheels used to transport and move boxes of stock.

有轮子的金属装置,用于运输和搬运装货物的箱子.

Ralph was standing by a contraption of palm trunks and leaves.

拉尔夫正站在一个用棕榈枝叶搭起来的鹇玩意儿旁边.

You find this odd contraption lost in the brush near an extinguished campfire.

你发现一个单独的精巧装置扔在一堆熄灭的篝火旁边.

The singer had to be boosted onto the stage by a special contraption.

歌手必须借助一种特殊的装置升到舞台上去.

So how long till this contraption's up and running?

那还要多久这个新玩意才可弄好？

Description : GMT contraption for increasing the potential power of the Transpositor.

用于增强置换机潜在能量的GMT精巧装置.

Dressed in their homemade attire, the couple pointed to shelves loaded with bottles of home-brewed vinegar, jars of salt collected from evaporated brine and an enormous bamboo contraption leaning against the wall, held together with rope, that they use to weave clothing.

穿着自己缝制的衣服，夫妇二人展示了架子上一瓶瓶自家酿制的醋、一罐罐海水蒸发后采集的盐，还有倚在墙上用绳子固定起来的一个巨大的竹制织布装置。

She went to Target, bought a sewing machine, and created the SippiGrip, a leash-like contraption for a sippy cup.

于是，她从塔吉特（Target）上买了一台缝纫机，为儿童吸管杯设计出一个类似皮带的奇妙装置——SippiGrip。

She showed us a strange contraption that looked like a satellite dish.

她给我们看了一个奇怪的玩意儿，样子像碟形卫星信号接收器。

I don't understand how this contraption operates.

我弄不懂这怪玩意儿是怎么工作的.

And buy a proper wooden table and not that plastic contraption.

并购买适当的木桌上,而不是该塑料玩意儿.

He calls it a 'contraption', using his favourite word of the moment.

他用了眼下他最喜欢说的“玩意儿”一词来称呼它。

Rebound Exercise: The bounce-back chair ( a tall bungee cord-like contraption) is probably the best form of exercise for CFIDS.

篮板练习：反弹椅（高蹦极索状玩意儿）是可能的最好的形式行使CFIDS。

Does this contraption work?

这个奇妙的玩意儿能用 吗 ?