tool
n. 器具,工具; (有助於做工或完成某事的)用具; 受人利用的人; 壓印機
vt. 用工具給…加工; 壓印; 駕車到處跑
vi. 使用工具; 開車,乘車
A tool is any instrument or simple piece of equipment that you hold in your hands and use to do a particular kind of work. For example, spades, hammers, and knives are all tools.
I find the best tool for the purpose is a pair of shears.
我發現做這件事最得力的工具是一把大剪刀。
You can refer to anything that you use for a particular purpose as a particular type of tool .
Writing is a good tool for discharging overwhelming feelings…
寫作是宣洩強烈感情的好方法。
The video has become an invaluable teaching tool...
錄影已經成為非常有用的教學手段。
If you describe someone as a tool of 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.
He became the tool of the security services.
他成了安全部門的工具。
If you say that workers down tools, you mean that they stop working suddenly in order to strike or to make a protest of some kind.
The tools of your trade or the tools of the trade are the skills, instruments, and other equipment that you need in order to do your job properly.
They're here to learn the tools of their trade from their American colleagues...
他們來這裡向美國同事學習行業技術和技能。
Black-leather jackets and tattoos are the standard tools of the trade for heavy-metal musicians.
黑皮夾克與紋身是重金屬樂手的標準行頭。
1. an implement used in the practice of a vocation
2. the means whereby some act is accomplished;
3. a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
4. obscene terms for penis
1. drive;
2. ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it;
3. furnish with tools
4. work with a tool
apparatus, instrument, device, equipment, tool, implement, installation, appliance, facilities
這些名詞均有"儀器,裝置,器械,器具"之意。
tool up
提供裝備:為企業或工廠提供適合於某項具體工作的工具和裝備
At last the tracking laws derived above are indirectly validated using STK ( Satellite Tool Kit ).
最後利用STK ( SatelliteToolKit ) 對該跟蹤規律進行了間接驗證.
However, tool wear is high in USM, due to the abrasive cutting action.
但是, 由於USM是磨削加工, 因而刀具損耗大.
A screwdriver is the only tool you need.
你需要的工具只是改錐.
He emptied his tool bag.
他騰出自己的工具袋.
This is a very handy tool for opening cans.
這是一種很簡便的開罐頭工具.