tool 英 [tu:l]   美 [tul]

tool

tool  英 [tu:l] 美 [tul]

n. 工具 

进行时:tooling  过去式:tooled  过去分词:tooled  第三人称单数:tools  名词复数:tools 

garden tools 园艺工具
a cutting tool 切削工具

  • A tool is an instrument that you use to help you accomplish some task. If you are going to build a bookcase, you'll need the proper tools, like a saw, a drill, and a tape measure.
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  • n. 工具
  • 1. garden tools

    园艺工具

  • 2. a cutting tool

    切削工具

  • 3. power tools

    电动工具

  • 4. Always select the right tool for the job.

    一定要选对干活的工具。

  • 5. research tools like questionnaires

    问卷之类的研究方法

  • tool (n.) Old English tol "instrument, implement used by a craftsman or laborer, weapon," from Proto-Germanic *to(w)lam "implement" (source also of Old Norse tol), from a verb stem represented by Old English tawian "prepare" (see taw). The ending is the instrumental suffix -el (1). Figurative sense of "person used by another for his own ends" is recorded from 1660s. Slang meaning "penis" first recorded 1550s.
  • tool (v.) "to drive a vehicle," 1812, probably from tool (n.) as if "to manage skillfully." The meaning "to work or shape with a tool" is recorded from 1815; that of "equip (a factory) with machine tools" is from 1927. Related: Tooled; tooling.
tool / tuːl ; NAmE tuːl / noun , verb tool tools tooled tooling noun 1 an instrument such as a hammer, screwdriver, saw,etc. that you hold in your hand and use for making things, repairing things, etc. 工具 garden tools 园艺工具 a cutting tool 切削工具 power tools (= using electricity) 电动工具 Always select the right tool for the job. 一定要选对干活的工具。 2 a thing that helps you to do your job or to achieve sth (有助于做工或完成某事的)用具,器具,手段,方法 research tools like questionnaires 问卷之类的研究方法 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。 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。 3 a person who is used or controlled by another person or group 受人利用的人;工具 The prime minister was an unwitting tool of the president. 首相不知不觉被总统利用了。 4 ( taboo, slang) a penis 鸡巴;阴茎 IDIOMsee down v. verb [intransitive ] + adv./prep. ( NAmE) ( informal) to drive around in a vehicle 驱车兜风;驾车到处跑 PHRASAL VERB ˌtool ˈup | ˌtool sb/sth↔ˈup ( technical 术语 ) to get or provide sb/sth with the equipment, etc. that is necessary to do or produce sth 获得(或提供)必要的设备;给…配置装备 The factory is not tooled up to produce this type of engine. 这家工厂还没有装置生产这类发动机的设备。 tool / tuːl ; NAmE tuːl /
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