tool

[tu:l]

n.工具, 用具, 手段, 被利用者
vt.用工具加工
vi.使用工具
n.印压的图案

n.[C]

1. 工具, 器具, 用具

The gardener's tools are kept in the shed.

花匠的工具放在小屋里。

2. 器械; 机床

3. 方法, 手段

4. 被人当作工具使的人, 爪牙, 傀儡

The knights were the tools of the king.

骑士是国王的爪牙。

5. 【俚】扒手

vt.

1. 用工具给……加工(或造形)

2. 用机床(或器械等)装备(工厂)[(+up)]

3. 赶(马车); 用车载(人)

He tooled me down to the wharf.

他开车把我送到码头。

vi.

1. 使用工具

2. 用机床(或器械等)装备工厂[(+up)]

3. 赶车; 乘车[Q][(+along)]

词形变化

动词过去式: tooled | 动词过去分词: tooled | 动词现在分词: tooling | 动词第三人称单数: tools |

词义辨析

同义:

n.工具, 器具, 用具

gadget  implement  instrument  apparatus  utensil  device  appliance  

同义参见:

gull  chisel  puppet  ride  drill  medium  organ  implement  spokesman  

英英释义

名词 tool:

an implement used in the practice of a vocation

the means whereby some act is accomplished

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

obscene terms for penis

同义词：cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker, peter, putz

动词 tool:

drive

ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it

同义词：joyride, tool around

furnish with tools

work with a tool

补充

tooltool英:[tu:l] 美:[tul]n.1.工具, 用具I have a complete set of carpenter's tools.我有全套的木工工具。The king was just the tool of the military government.国王只是军政府的一个傀儡。

例句

1. Writing is a good tool for discharging overwhelming feelings.写作是宣泄强烈情绪的好办法。 2. The threat of bankruptcy is a legitimate tool to extract money from them.破产威胁是从他们身上索得钱款的合法手段。 3. Black-leather jackets and tattoos are the standard tools of the trade for heavy-metal musicians.黑皮夹克和文身是重金属音乐家门的标配。 4. to tool accurately machine parts精密加工机器零件 5. The plant has been tooled.工厂已装备起来了。 6. to tool up war industries装备军事工业 7. She tooled me down to the school.她用车送我去学校。 8. He tooled skillfully along the path.他熟练地驾车沿小路行驶。 9. gardening tools.园艺工具。 10. computers are an essential tool.计算机是重要的工具。 11. the ability to write clearly is a tool of the trade.写一手清晰的字是这一行谋生的手段。 12. the beautiful Estella is Miss Havisham's tool.美丽的埃斯特拉是哈维萨姆小姐的走卒。 13. volumes bound in green leather and tooled in gold.绿色皮面并有金色压印的书卷。 14. [with obj.]the factory must be tooled to produce the models.工厂必须配置设备以生产这些型号。 15. [no obj.]they were tooling up for British production.他们正为英国的生产配备设备。 16. tooling around town in a pink Rolls-Royce.开着粉红色的劳斯莱斯车在城里兜风。 17. Hammers, screwdrivers and saws are all carpenter's tools.锤子、起子和锯子都是木匠的工具。 18. garden tools园艺工具 19. a tool kit (= a set of tools in a box or a bag)工具箱╱袋 20. carpentry/garden tools木工/园艺工具 21. power tools [=tools that use electricity]电动工具 22. I don't have the right tools to fix the engine.我没有合适的工具修理引擎。 23. Words are a writer's tools.语言是作家的工具。 24. Words are tools for communication.语言是交流沟通的工具。 25. A book's cover can be a great marketing tool.书的封面能成为很棒的营销手段。 26. The Internet has become an important research tool.互联网已经成为重要的研究工具。 27. He has the tools [=natural skills] to be a great pitcher.他有成为优秀投手的禀赋。 28. a politician who is just a tool of special interests仅仅是特殊利益集团工具的政客 29. He claims the government has become a tool of giant corporations.他断言政府已经沦为巨头公司操纵利用的工具。 30. He's such a tool.他真是个蠢人。 31. We tooled along/up/down the highway.我们沿公路行驶/上行/下行。 32. I tooled around (town) all day.我整天开车（在镇上）转悠。 33. He tooled a design on the leather belt.他用工具在皮带上印了个图案。 34. a belt made of tooled leather用压花皮革做的带子 35. The factory was not tooled up for this type of production.这家工厂没有配备生产这种产品的机器。