contraptions

During that period, we've owned a series of more-expensive contraptions that combined an ice scraper with a snow brush or even a glove.

那时候，我们已经有一套更贵的除冰用具，包括带雪刷的冰雪铲，甚至还有一幅手套。

He had always abominated the foreign devils' contraptions. Then he joined another friend and together they were taken in a small boat to Shanghai.

老通宝向来仇恨小轮船这一类洋鬼子的东西！接着，他又伙同另一位朋友搭乘一艘小轮船前往上海。

Where pumpkins will be heaved over a soybean field by contraptions made out of everything from tree trunks to giant rubber bands.

在这个比赛中，参赛者可以用从树干到大橡胶带等各种各样奇异的工具将南瓜掷过一片大豆地。

Natural curiosity, ten years as a roughneck in the west Texas oilfields, and eleven hard science PhDs have trained him to design, build and repair a variety of deadly contraptions.

天生拥有好奇心，在十多年来，总待在得克萨斯州西部油田，他和十一个硬科学博士培养了他设计和建造、修复各种致命小玩儿的技巧。

Once, if your bra size was deeper into the alphabet than 'C,' you couldn't expect much style in your bra. Busty women were presented with sturdy 'grandma'-looking contraptions.

以前，如果你的文胸罩杯尺寸大于“C”，那么你就不能指望自己的文胸有很多的款式，胸部丰满的女性只能买得到那种结实耐用的“老奶奶”型文胸。

I've just taken an eye exam-not in a spiffy doctor's office with fancy contraptions, but in my living room with my smartphone and laptop.

我刚刚接受了一次视力检查——不是在医生办公室里，也没有用什么昂贵高级的奇妙玩意儿，整个检查就在我的起居室里进行，使用的是我的智能手机和笔记本电脑。

They routinely do battle with terrifying contraptions, chemicals, sharp objects and irons capable of scalding.

她们经常与让人害怕的新发明、化学药品、尖锐的东西和滚烫的铁器作斗争。

The strange, screen-less contraptions are the brainchild of Christophe Sibieude ( the co-founder and head of Short É dition) and Grenoble's mayor, É ric Piolle.

这些连屏幕都没有的奇怪装置是ShortÉdition公司的联合创始人和负责人克里斯托夫·西比约德（Christophe Sibieude）和格勒诺布尔市长埃里克·皮奥勒（Éric Piolle）构想出来的。

" And as for that fool nigger, Pork, he ain't got no bizness with them thar contraptions.

" 至于说到那个傻黑鬼波克, 我看他还是不要去弄那些小玩意儿好.