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。
However, in an interview, Ms. Meyers's mother, Harriet Meyers, said she had come to appreciate the contraption.
然而，在问到迈耶斯女士的母亲，哈丽特·迈耶斯时，她说她已经开始喜欢这玩意儿了。
We arrived after the sun had set and quickly started popping up the tent, a clever contraption that Nicolas had affixed to the top of his car, complete with a built-in ladder.
我们到达时太阳已经下山，我们很快搭起帐篷，这个奇妙的装备是尼可拉斯放在车顶上的，帐篷内甚至还有一部自带的小扶梯。
And then the whole contraption shakes.
然后整个玩意儿震动。
I don't understand how this contraption works.
我弄不懂这怪玩意儿是怎么运转的。
I don't understand how this contraption operates.
我弄不懂这怪玩意儿是怎么工作的。
He invented a bizarre contraption to open envelopes.
他发明了一个开信封的稀奇玩意儿。
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。
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。
Then the waiter arrived with a strange contraption which he fitted on top of the communal bouillon.
之后，服务员拿来了一个奇妙的装置，安装在汤锅的上方。
The contraption held small plates of cattle blood and other substance that were covered by a thin membrane to mimic skin.
这种精密的装置里放了几小盘牛血和其他物质，上面盖有模仿皮肤的薄膜。
Another contraption called the Flyboard, which looks like a small snowboard attached to a hose, can propel riders 45 feet in the air.
另一个精巧的安装叫“飞板”，它看起来像一个附着软管的小滑雪板，能把骑者驱向45英尺高的空中。
But this odd contraption could provide a solution for commuters faced with the embarrassing problem of falling asleep on fellow passengers.
但这款看起来有点奇怪的装置，能为通勤的上班族解决一个非常尴尬的问题：他们再也不会睡着歪倒在旁边乘客的身上了。
Are you really worried about the safety of your produce? This futuristic-looking contraption may be the somewhat impractical but fun solution.
你有没有担心过你自己吃的东西呢？这个看起来很有未来主义的玩意儿，可能有点不切实际，但不失为一个有趣的解决方案。
The second trick was when he disappeared from the stage after getting into a contraption and suddenly popped out from the middle of the stadium!
他的第二个戏法出现在他从舞台上消失后，当时他进入了一个经过设计的装置，然后突然间又出现在体育场的正中央！
Currently, while at the International Space Station, astronauts use a toilet contraption that includes a vacuum and a tube to help evacuate fecal matter.
目前，宇航员在国际空间站使用的厕所装置包含帮助输导粪便的真空泵和管道。
After 13 years of tinkering, the inventor from Iowa introduced a 10-foot-long contraption that sliced and stuffed loaves of bread into wax paper wrapping.
经过了13年的修修补补，这位来自爱荷华州的发明家终于制成了一种10英尺长的精巧装置。这种装置能够将成条的面包切成片并装进蜡纸包装袋里。
After 13 years of tinkering, the inventor from Iowa introduced a 10-foot-long contraption that sliced and stuffed loaves of bread into wax paper wrapping. The world changed.
经过了13年的修修补补，这位来自爱荷华州的发明家终于制成了一种10英尺长的精巧装置。这种装置能够将成条的面包切成片并装进蜡纸包装袋里。世界从此发生了改变。
With an eye on water sources, rich in silicon content, a new method of water treatment is being proposed, which USES a super-filtering contraption for removing colloidal silicon.
针对含硅量较高的水源，提出一种新型的水处理方法，即采用超滤装置去除水中胶体硅。
Bin managed to design and build the contraption, which USES a rotor for lift and a propeller for thrust, then teach himself how to fly it after checking the Internet for guidance.
徐斌先设计并造出一台使用转子提供升力，螺旋桨提供推力的装置，然后他查询因特网上的指南，教会了自己如何驾驶它。
He did it with a high tech marvel called a blink comparator; he put two photographs of the same patch of sky taken on different nights into the contraption and flipped back and forth between them.
而这还多亏了一件叫做闪烁对比仪的高科技法宝；他把两张在不同夜晚拍摄的天空中同一位置的照片放在这个仪器里，然后快速地来回浏览。
He did it with a high tech marvel called a blink comparator; he put two photographs of the same patch of sky taken on different nights into the contraption and flipped back and forth between them.
而这还多亏了一件叫做闪烁对比仪的高科技法宝；他把两张在不同夜晚拍摄的天空中同一位置的照片放在这个仪器里，然后快速地来回浏览。
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