Tool
[tuːl] or [tul]
解释:
(noun.) an implement used in the practice of a vocation.
(verb.) work with a tool.
(verb.) drive; 'The convertible tooled down the street'.
(verb.) furnish with tools.
黛拉校对--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work.
(n.) A machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called machine tool.
(n.) Hence, any instrument of use or service.
(n.) A weapon.
(n.) A person used as an instrument by another person; -- a word of reproach; as, men of intrigue have their tools, by whose agency they accomplish their purposes.
(v. t.) To shape, form, or finish with a tool.
(v. t.) To drive, as a coach.
英格拉姆编辑
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Instrument, implement, utensil.[2]. Hireling.
海丝特编辑
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Utensil, implement, machine, instrument, dupe, cat's-paw, hireling,[SeeLANGUAGE]
校对:莫利
解释:
n. an instrument used by workmen: one who acts as the mere instrument of another.—v.t. to mark with a tool esp. to ornament or imprint designs upon of bookbinders: (slang) to drive as a coach or other vehicle: to carry in a vehicle.—v.i. to travel in a vehicle to drive.—n. Tool′ing workmanship done with a tool.
录入:莉娜
例句:
- And without those powers, what mechanical tool or machine has since been developed? 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Now the operator has to adjust himself to his machine, instead of his tool to his own purposes. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Formerly augers and similar boring tools had merely a curved sharpened end and a concavity to hold the chips, and the whole tool had to be withdrawn to empty the chips. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Wood-working implements in which the cutting tool was carried by a sliding block were described in the English patents of General Sir Samuel Bentham and Joseph Bramah, in 1793-94. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- The emphasis in school upon this particular tool has, however, its dangers--dangers which are not theoretical but exhibited in practice. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- This crude tool, brought into use by ancient Egypt, remained almost stationary as to form and method of use until the middle of the last century. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- The most conspicuous element in this is the wide-spread acceptance of the X-ray as a necessary tool of the medical profession. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- In a tool-shed at the bottom of the garden, lay the relics of building-materials, left by masons lately employed to repair a part of the premises. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- There was no buying of foundry iron by analysis, no high carbon steels, no fancy tool steels--nor any efficiency experts with their stop watches and scientific speed-and-feed tables. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- They had been drawn in chalk upon the black wooden door of the tool-house, which stands beside the lawn in full view of the front windows. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- Weight of gun, carriage, limber, drag ropes, tools, etc. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Many special tools, particularly those designed for _bicycle work_, have been devised, as exhibited by patent to Hillman, August 11, 1891, No. 457,718. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- A nation bent upon a policy of social invention would make its tools an incident. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Food--that was the problem of those long tired years which dragged through the ages, when nearly everyone was a farmer, and a farmer with crude tools held in his hands. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Formerly augers and similar boring tools had merely a curved sharpened end and a concavity to hold the chips, and the whole tool had to be withdrawn to empty the chips. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- His tools were old bottles, glasses, tobacco-pipes, teacups, and such odds and ends as he could find. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- I consider his planting one of his menial tools in the yard, an act of sneaking and sniffing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Human beings have desires that are far more important than the tools and toys and churches they make to satisfy them. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- There was a door in the kitchen, communicating with the forge; I unlocked and unbolted that door, and got a file from among Joe's tools. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- Yes, he said, the tools which would teach men their own use would be beyond price. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- A tall custard-coloured phaeton tooling up in a solemn manner leaves four cards, to wit, a couple of Mr Podsnaps, a Mrs Podsnap, and a Miss Podsnap. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
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