contrivance

contrivance

名词 contrivance:

a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

同义词:appliance, contraption, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget

the faculty of contriving; inventive skill

an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade

同义词:stratagem, dodge

an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.

any improvised arrangement for temporary use

同义词:lash-up

the act of devising something

同义词:devisal

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