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
- 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
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1. garden tools
园艺工具
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2. a cutting tool
切削工具
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3. power tools
电动工具
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4. Always select the right tool for the job.
一定要选对干活的工具。
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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.
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