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WordNet (3.0)
contradance(v) perform a contradance, Syn. country-dance, contra danse, contredanse
contrivance(n) the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
contrivance(n) an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade, Syn. stratagem, dodge
contrivance(n) an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Contradance

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 ]

Contrivance

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.

Syn. -- Device; plan; scheme; invention; machine; project; design; artifice; shift. See Device. [ 1913 Webster ]

English-Thai: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]
contrivance(n) สิ่งประดิษฐ์
contrivance(n) อุบาย, Syn. plan, expedient

English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates]
contrivance(คันไทร'เวินซฺ) n. สิ่งประดิษฐ์, โครงการ, อุบาย, เพทุบาย, การประดิษฐ์, การออกอุบาย, การออกแบบ, Syn. mechanism

English-Thai: Nontri Dictionary
contrivance(n) การประดิษฐ์, สิ่งประดิษฐ์, โครงการ, อุบาย

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You didn´t find what he did contrived?ไม่รู้สึกว่าเขาแกล้งเก๊กเหรอ Nothing to Lose (1997)
Of course, such things are contrivances, like so much here.แน่นอน สิ่งเหล่านี้เป็นเพียงสิ่งสมมติ เหมือนทุกๆอย่าง The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Rolling Stone called it "a crass, contrived effort not even good enough for a dentist chair."หนังสือ Rolling Srone เรียกมันว่า เป็นงานงี่เง่า ที่วางแผนอย่างดีในความพยายาม แต่ว่ายังไมดีพอ สำหรับคลีนิกหมอฟันเลยทีเดียว Music and Lyrics (2007)
It's too contrived. It looks boring.มันดูไม่เป็นธรรมชาติ แล้วก็น่าเบื่อ Dream High (2011)
I'll have to contrive a reason to get into his office.ฉันต้องหาข้ออ้างเพื่อจะเข้าไปในห้องทำงานของเขา Trojan Horse (2013)
Evolution can disguise an animal as a plant taking thousands of generations to contrive an elaborate costume that fools predators into looking elsewhere for someone to eat.วิวัฒนาการสามารถปลอมตัวสัตว์ เป็นพืช การพันของคนรุ่น Some of the Things That Molecules Do (2014)

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]
contrivance
contrivances

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
contrivance
contrivances

WordNet (3.0)
contrivance(n) the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
contrivance(n) an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade, Syn. stratagem, dodge
contrivance(n) an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Contrivance

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.

Syn. -- Device; plan; scheme; invention; machine; project; design; artifice; shift. See Device. [ 1913 Webster ]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary
仕組み(P);仕組[しくみ, shikumi] (n, vs) (1) structure; construction; arrangement; contrivance; (2) plan; plot; contrivance; (P) #2,571 [Add to Longdo]
仕掛け(P);仕掛[しかけ, shikake] (n) device; contrivance; trick; mechanism; gadget; (small) scale; half finished; commencement; set up; challenge; attack; (P) #6,526 [Add to Longdo]
案出[あんしゅつ, anshutsu] (n) (1) contrivance; (vs) (2) to invent; to devise; to think out [Add to Longdo]
一工夫[ひとくふう, hitokufuu] (n, vs) (1) contrivance; bit of fiddling; little ingenuity; (n) (2) bit more (e.g. food) [Add to Longdo]
機巧[きこう, kikou] (n) trick; contrivance; cleverness [Add to Longdo]
機軸[きじく, kijiku] (n) axis; axle; plan; contrivance [Add to Longdo]
工面[くめん, kumen] (n, vs) contrivance; raising (money) [Add to Longdo]
水機関;水絡繰り;水絡繰(io)[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]
絡繰り;絡繰(io);機関[からくり, karakuri] (n) (1) (uk) mechanism; machinery; contrivance; device; (2) (uk) trick; dodge; (3) (uk) (abbr) (See からくり人形) mechanical doll; string puppet [Add to Longdo]

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