n. 1.工具,用具,器具;【机械工程】刀具;工具母机 (=machine tool)。 2.爪牙,傀儡,走狗;〔美俚〕扒手。 3.【装钉】压印机。 4.〔pl.〕〔美俚〕刀叉(等)。 短语和例子 Books are the tools of a scholar. 书籍是学者的工具。 tool steel 工具钢。 a broad tool (石工的)宽刃凿。 an edge(d) tool 刀。 literary tools 文具。 a poor tool不行的工人。 throw down one's tools=down tools 罢工。 vt.,vi. 1.用工具加工,用工具制造,用凿刀修整(石头);【装订】压印。 2.〔英口〕开车;乘车;〔美俚〕闲逛,闲荡。 短语和例子 Let me tool you down to the station. 我用车送你上车站吧。 blind tooling 【印刷】(硬封面上的)本色压印。
the means whereby some act is accomplished; "my greed was the instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new tools to fight disease" 同义词:instrument,
a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else 同义词:creature, puppet,
work with a tool
ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it; "We tooled down the street" 同义词:joyride, tool around,
drive; "The convertible tooled down the street"
furnish with tools
A tool is any physical item that can be used to achieve a goal, especially if the item is not consumed in the process. Informally the word is also used to describe a procedure or process with a specific purpose.
例句与用法
1.
Do not play about with my expensive tools ! 别乱摆弄我的昂贵的工具。
2.
The tool shed is at the bottom of the garden . 工具房在花园的尽里头。
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We have the tools for heading off disaster . 我们有阻止灾难发生的工具。
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I shall manage with the tools i have . 我要用现有的工具设法对付。
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This is a very handy tool for opening cans . 这是一种很简便的开罐头工具。
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A scalpel and tweezers are the only tools needed . 只需备有解剖刀和镊子。
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He had made me the tool of his wicked deeds . 他使我成了他罪恶勾当的工具。
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The tools are not put in the right place . 工具放的不是地方。
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Check the tools and see if anything is missing . 检点一下工具,看有无丢失。