tool

英 [tuːl]

美 [tuːl]

n.  工具; (有助于做工或完成某事的)用具，器具，手段，方法; 受人利用的人
v.  驱车兜风; 驾车到处跑

复数：tools　现在分词：tooling　过去式：tooled　第三人称单数：tools　过去分词：tooled　

中考高考CET4CET6考研

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1739 / COCA.1291

同义词辨析

toolimplementinstrument【导航词义：工具，器具】

短语用例

tool up

tool sb/sth↔up

• 获得（或提供）必要的设备；给…配置装备
  to get or provide sb/sth with the equipment, etc. that is necessary to do or produce sth
  1. research tools like questionnaires
     问卷之类的研究方法
  2. The computer is now an invaluable tool for the family doctor.
     计算机现在是家庭医生非常有用的工具。
  3. Some of them carried the guns which were the tools of their trade (= the things they needed to do their job) .
     他们有些人携带着喷枪，那是干他们那一行的器具。

习惯用语

n.

down tools
• 撂下工作；罢工
  to stop work; to go on strike

牛津词典

noun

• 工具
  an instrument such as a hammer, screwdriver , saw , etc. that you hold in your hand and use for making things, repairing things, etc.
  1. garden tools
     园艺工具
  2. a cutting tool
     切削工具
  3. power tools (= using electricity)
     电动工具
  4. Always select the right tool for the job.
     一定要选对干活的工具。
• （有助于做工或完成某事的）用具，器具，手段，方法
  a thing that helps you to do your job or to achieve sth
  1. research tools like questionnaires
     问卷之类的研究方法
  2. The computer is now an invaluable tool for the family doctor.
     计算机现在是家庭医生非常有用的工具。
  3. Some of them carried the guns which were the tools of their trade (= the things they needed to do their job) .
     他们有些人携带着喷枪，那是干他们那一行的器具。
• 受人利用的人；工具
  a person who is used or controlled by another person or group
  1. The prime minister was an unwitting tool of the president.
     首相不知不觉被总统利用了。
• 鸡巴；屌
  a penis

verb

• 驱车兜风；驾车到处跑
  to drive around in a vehicle

柯林斯词典

• See also:I find the best tool for the purpose is a pair of shears.machine tool
• N-COUNT 手段;方法
  You can refer to anything that you use for a particular purpose as a particular type oftool.
  1. Writing is a good tool for discharging overwhelming feelings…
     写作是宣泄强烈感情的好方法。
  2. The video has become an invaluable teaching tool...
     录像已经成为非常有用的教学手段。
  3. The threat of bankruptcy is a legitimate tool to extract money from them.
     破产威胁是从他们那里索得钱款的合法手段。
• N-COUNT 受人利用的人;工具;傀儡
  If you describe someone as atoolof a particular person, group, or system, you mean that they are controlled and used by that person, group, or system, especially to do unpleasant or dishonest things.
  1. He became the tool of the security services.
     他成了安全部门的工具。
• (因罢工或抗议而突然)停工，放下工具
  If you say that workersdown tools, you mean that they stop working suddenly in order to strike or to make a protest of some kind.
• PHRASE (技能、工具和设备等)从事某行当的工具
  The tools ofyourtradeorthe tools of the tradeare the skills, instruments, and other equipment that you need in order to do your job properly.
  1. They're here to learn the tools of their trade from their American colleagues...
     他们来这里向美国同事学习行业技术和技能。
  2. Black-leather jackets and tattoos are the standard tools of the trade for heavy-metal musicians.
     黑皮夹克与纹身是重金属乐手的标准行头。

英英释义

noun

• the means whereby some act is accomplished
  1. my greed was the instrument of my destruction
  2. science has given us new tools to fight disease
  Synonym:instrument
• an implement used in the practice of a vocation
• obscene terms for penis
  Synonym:cockprickdickshaftpeckerpeterputz
• a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
  Synonym:creaturepuppet

verb

• work with a tool
• ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it
  1. We tooled down the street
  Synonym:joyridetool around
• drive
  1. The convertible tooled down the street
• furnish with tools

双语例句

• Especially, it provides a profitable tool for extracting rules from experience knowledge.
  该模型为经验知识的总结归纳提供了有益手段。
• This tool will answer for our needs.
  这工具将满足我们的需要。
• It could be a tremendous tool for scientists who have to wade through tons of data.
  对于那些需要费力处理海量数据的科学家而言，这个工具实在太棒了。
• An axe is a tool used cutting wood.
  斧子是一种砍木头的工具。
• The calculator is a tool, not a crutch; yet it is increasingly being used as a crutch by many children
  计算器是工具，不是拐杖，可是现在很多孩子越来越依赖它。
• The young worker has formed the habit of having every tool in its place.
  这位青年工人已习惯于把每一件工具放在应该放的位置。
• They're here to learn the tools of their trade from their American colleagues
  他们来这里向美国同事学习行业技术和技能。
• An iron tool, if never used, will corrode with rust.
  铁制工具长期不用会锈损。
• It will save considerable machining time to use more than one tool in one machine to perform several machine operations either in sequence or simultaneously.
  在一台机器上使用数种刀具来顺次或同时进行几项机器操作，将节省大量加工时间。
• Tool companies here are generally small.
  这里制造工具的公司普遍规模不大。