English-Thai Dictionary

contraption

N เครื่องมือ  อุปกรณ์  appliance contraption convenience krueang-mue

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONTRAPTION

CONTRAPTION Con *trap "tion, n.

 

Defn: A contrivance; a new-fangled device; -- used scornfully. [Colloq. or Dial. ] -- Con *trap "tious (#), a.

 

We all remember some of the extraordinary contraptions which have been thus evolved and put upon the market. F. M. Ware.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

contraption

con trap tion |kənˈtrapSHən kənˈtræpʃən | ▶noun a machine or device that appears strange or unnecessarily complicated, and often badly made or unsafe. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: perhaps from contrive (on the pattern of pairs such as conceive, conception ), by association with trap 1 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

contraption

con |trap ¦tion |kənˈtrapʃ (ə )n | ▶noun a machine or device that appears strange or unnecessarily complicated, and often badly made or unsafe: repairing stereos and making contraptions out of spare electronic bits. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: perhaps from contrive (on the pattern of pairs such as conceive, conception ), by association with trap 1 .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

contraption

contraption noun he's driving around the yard in another one of his wild contraptions: device, gadget, apparatus, machine, appliance, mechanism, invention, contrivance; informal gizmo, widget, doohickey.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

contraption

contraption noun a newfangled contraption for making coffee: device, gadget, apparatus, machine, appliance, mechanism, implement, utensil, invention, contrivance; Brit. Heath Robinson device; N. Amer. Rube Goldberg device; informal gizmo, widget, thingamajig, thingamabob, whatsit; Brit. informal doodah, doobry, gubbins; N. Amer. informal dingus, doodad, doojigger, doohickey; Austral. informal bitzer.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

contraption

con trap tion /kəntrǽpʃ (ə )n /名詞 C ｟くだけて ｠変わった [珍しい ]機械 [器具, 装置 ] (!うまく働きそうにもないもの, 何に使うのかわからないものなどをさす ) .