| 釋義 |
contrivance /kan'traivans; kan'traivans/ n 1 [U] act or manner of contriving: 發(fā)明; 設(shè)計; 設(shè)法： the ~ by which botanists fertilize flowers to obtain hybrids. 植物學(xué)家使花受粉而得到配種的發(fā)明。 2 [U] capacity to invent: 發(fā)明的才能： Some things are beyond human 有些匯西是人類發(fā)明不出來的。 3 [C] sth contrived; deceitful practice; invention or mechanical device: 想出的辦法; 編術(shù); 發(fā)明物; 機(jī)械裝置： a ~ to record both sides of a telephone conversation on magnetic tape. 一種將電話中雙方的談話段于磁帶上的機(jī)械裝置。 |