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1. Oxford Dictionary

   contrivance

   • IPA[kənˈtrʌɪvns]

   英式

   • n.
     the use of skill to create or bring about something, especially with a consequent effect of artificiality；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 create or bring about something, especially with a consequent effect of artificiality the requirements of the system, by happy chance and some contrivance, can be summed up in an acronym 同義詞 scheme, stratagem, tactic, manoeuvre, 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 skilfully 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, labour-saving device, invention, informalgizmo, mod con, widget, thingamajig, thingamabob, whatsit, doodah, doobry, gubbins, dingus, doodad, doojigger, doohickey, bitzer, thingo
3. • 更多解釋

   contrivance

   • IPA[kənˈtrīv(ə)ns]

   美式

   • n.
     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

   Oxford American Dictionary