1.he fashioned in the depths of the sea a throne of cunning device , which he sent to his mother.
他在海底制作了一个装有精巧机关的御座，呈送给他的母后。
2.It is a cunning device to supersede the aristocracy, and make the king sole and absolute autocrat.
这是一种要把贵族政治一笔勾销，而把国王变成唯一、绝对的专制统制者的狡猾诡计。
3.evil plan; wicked idea; cunning device
邪恶的想法或打算。