例文・使い方で印象づける「contrivance」の覚え方
スポンサーリンク... barber liked well the priest's contrivance, and they immediatelybegan to carry it into execution... 
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 「The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha」
...“Ye’re a man of small contrivance, David...
Robert Louis Stevenson 「Kidnapped」
...The Wagambi chief was quite dubious as to the sail, for he had neverseen such a contrivance used...
Edgar Rice Burroughs 「The Beasts of Tarzan」
...This contrivance produced a ludicrous appearance,but my fellow-travellers told me it was constantly adopted by theslatees, and always proved effectual...
Mungo Park 「Travels in the Interior of Africa, Vol. 1 [of 2]」
...Placed upon the path of a bare-footed enemy, this rude contrivance, combined with the scratching of the thorns, and the gashing cuts of the grass, must somewhat discourage pursuit...
Richard F. Burton 「Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1」
... The reel was a contrivance consisting of a sort of wheel, turned on an axis, used to transfer the yarn from the spools or spindles of the spinning wheels into cuts or hunks...
Louis Hughes 「Thirty Years a Slave」
...A contrivance which I have found useful in skinning is made of a piece of stiff wire 18 inches long...
A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding 「Deadfalls and Snares」
...This little contrivance adds to the clearness andbrilliancy of objects, and is a great accommodation tothe eyes...
Henry J. Slack 「Marvels of Pond-life」
...In no well-attested case has a dog shown any sense as to thenature of any mechanical contrivance...
Nathaniel Southgate Shaler 「Domesticated Animals」
...They show no interest in it, such as monkeys readilydisplay toward any mechanical contrivance to which their attention hasbeen directed...
Nathaniel Southgate Shaler 「Domesticated Animals」
...He dove into their tiny cubicle, aboxlike contrivance between decks, to secure riflesand cartridges...
John Charles Beecham 「The Argus Pheasant」
...The junction of the two grooved surfaces that form the tube is effected by the same contrivance that reunites the web of a feather when it has been pulled apart...
W. S. Coleman 「British Butterfiles」
...Tightly fixed on the neck of the regulator isthe windchest, which supports the principal part of the contrivance,called in Greek the κανων μουσικὁς...
Vitruvius 「Ten Books on Architecture」
...Such a contrivance would save his feet, check hisperspiration, and console his dorsal vertebra...
Atticus 「Our Churches and Chapels」
...If Fanny Ellsler and Duvernay could excel without this ugly contrivance...
Anonymous 「The Dance (by An Antiquary)」
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