(n) an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade, Syn.stratagem, dodge, Example: his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track
(n) an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc., Example: the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
n. [ Pref. contra- + dance: cf. F. contrdance. Cf. Country-dance. ] A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or in opposite lines. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. 1. The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning. [ 1913 Webster ]
The machine which we are inspecting demonstrates, by its construction, contrivance and design. Contrivance must have had a contriver. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; artifice; arrangement. [ 1913 Webster ]
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Burke.
[みずからくり, mizukarakuri] (n) puppet powered by (falling) water; water-powered contrivance; show using such a device (in Edo-period Osaka) [Add to Longdo]
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เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย