Ingeniously or ridiculously over-complicated in design or construction.
〈英〉设计（或结构）繁复庞杂的；荒诞不实用的
a vast Heath Robinson mechanism
庞大而过分复杂的机械装置。
Example sentencesExamples
Mounted on a supermarket trolley is a Heath Robinson device.
The organisation has a Heath Robinson scheme involving a trolley on wheels with a grease trap.
Standing outside (now with cold feet), watching ‘her’ (as Donald refers to the wheel) crank into action as the sluice gates let in water from the Essett burn, there was a Heath Robinson moment.
There in Brighton is a Heath Robinson contraption that defies the laws of physics.
The Liberal Democratic Party is a Heath Robinson contraption which defies the Laws of physics.
Origin
Early 20th century: named after W. Heath Robinson (see Robinson, Heath).