| 释义 |
contrivance /kan'traivans; kan'traivans/ n 1 [U] act or manner of contriving: 发明; 设计; 设法： the ~ by which botanists fertilize flowers to obtain hybrids. 植物学家使花受粉而得到配种的发明。 2 [U] capacity to invent: 发明的才能： Some things are beyond human 有些汇西是人类发明不出来的。 3 [C] sth contrived; deceitful practice; invention or mechanical device: 想出的办法; 编术; 发明物; 机械装置： a ~ to record both sides of a telephone conversation on magnetic tape. 一种将电话中双方的谈话段于磁带上的机械装置。 |