contraption
US: /kənˈtɹæpʃən/
UK: /kəntɹˈæpʃən/
UK: /kəntɹˈæpʃən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
contraption /kən'træpʃn/
- danh từ (từ lóng)
- máy kỳ cục
- dụng cụ thay thế tạm thời; mẹo để thay thế tạm thời (cái gì hỏng...)
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
a machine or piece of equipment that looks strange: She showed us a strange contraption that looked like a satellite dish.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
contrivance, device, gadget, mechanism, apparatus, Colloq widget, thingumabob or thingamabob, thingumajig or thingamajig, thingummy, whatsit, doodah, thingy, US gizmo or gismo, Rube Goldberg (invention), whatchamacallit, Colloq Brit gubbins:
People began to build all sorts of contraptions that they hoped might fly.
