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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   contrivance

   • IPA[kənˈtrīv(ə)ns]

   美式

   • n.
     the use of skill to bring something about or create something；a device, especially in literary or artistic composition, which gives a sense of artificiality

   • noun: contrivance, plural noun: contrivances

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. the use of skill to bring something about or create something the requirements of the system, by happy chance and some contrivance, can be summed up in an acronym 同義詞 scheme, stratagem, tactic, maneuver, move, ... 更多course/line of action, plan, ploy, gambit, device, wile, trick, ruse, plot, machination, subterfuge, artifice, expedient, informalwheeze, lurk, archaicshift, fetch
   • 2. a device, especially in literary or artistic composition, which gives a sense of artificiality the often tiresome contrivances of historical fiction
   • ▪ a thing which is created skillfully and inventively to serve a particular purpose an assortment of electronic equipment and mechanical contrivances 同義詞 device, gadget, machine, appliance, contraption, ... 更多apparatus, mechanism, implement, tool, labor-saving device, invention, informalgizmo, mod con, widget, thingamajig, thingamabob, whatsit, doodah, doobry, gubbins, dingus, doodad, doojigger, doohickey, bitzer, thingo