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Tool Trade Job Tuːl Verb N Count 可数名词 Equipment

The word "tool" refers to an instrument or equipment used for a specific task. It can also mean a method or a person used by others, or an idiom meaning to stop working in protest.

The word "tool" refers to an instrument or equipment used for a specific task. It can also mean a method or a person used by others, or an idiom meaning to stop working in protest.

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:
machine tool
;工具;器具;用具 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.

    我发现做这件事最得力的工具是一把大剪刀。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]手段;方法 You can refer to anything that you use for a particular purpose as a particular type of tool .
  [usu with supp]
  • Writing is a good tool for discharging overwhelming feelings…

    写作是宣泄强烈感情的好方法。

  • The video has become an invaluable teaching tool...

    录像已经成为非常有用的教学手段。

  • The threat of bankruptcy is a legitimate tool to extract money from them.

    破产威胁是从他们那里索得钱款的合法手段。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]受人利用的人;工具;傀儡 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.
  [usu N of n]
  [disapproval]
  • He became the tool of the security services.

    他成了安全部门的工具。

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[PHRASE 短语](因罢工或抗议而突然)停工,放下工具 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.
  [V inflects]
  [BRIT 英]
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    [PHRASE 短语](技能、工具和设备等)从事某行当的工具 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.
      [PHR after v]
    • They're here to learn the tools of their trade from their American colleagues...

      他们来这里向美国同事学习行业技术和技能。

    • Black-leather jackets and tattoos are the standard tools of the trade for heavy-metal musicians.

      黑皮夹克与纹身是重金属乐手的标准行头。


    Oxford tool ★ / tuːl ; NAmE tuːl /
    noun
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    verb
    tool tools tooled tooling
    noun ★ _tools_diy_comp.jpg _hammer.jpg 1 ★ an instrument such as a hammer, screwdriver, saw,etc. that you hold in your hand and use for making things, repairing things, etc. 工具 ◆ garden tools 园艺工具 ◆ a cutting tool 切削工具 ◆ power tools (= using electricity) 电动工具 ◆ Always select the right tool for the job. 一定要选对干活的工具。 2 ★ a thing that helps you to do your job or to achieve sth (有助于做工或完成某事的)用具,器具,手段,方法 ◆ research tools like questionnaires 问卷之类的研究方法 ◆ The computer is now an invaluable tool for the family doctor. 计算机现在是家庭医生非常有用的工具。 ◆ Some of them carried the guns which were the tools of their trade (= the things they needed to do their job). 他们有些人携带着喷枪,那是干他们那一行的器具。 3 a person who is used or controlled by another person or group 受人利用的人;工具 ◆ The prime minister was an unwitting tool of the president. 首相不知不觉被总统利用了。 4 ( taboo, slang) a penis 鸡巴;阴茎 IDIOMsee
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      v.
    verb [intransitive ] + adv./prep. ( NAmE) ( informal) to drive around in a vehicle 驱车兜风;驾车到处跑 PHRASAL VERB ˌtool ˈup | ˌtool sb/sth↔ˈup ( technical 术语 ) to get or provide sb/sth with the equipment, etc. that is necessary to do or produce sth 获得(或提供)必要的设备;给…配置装备 ◆ The factory is not tooled up to produce this type of engine. 这家工厂还没有装置生产这类发动机的设备。 tool / tuːl ; NAmE tuːl /
    LDC
    tool1 noun
    tool2 verb
    tooltool1 /tuːl/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable]
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    1tool (1)something that you hold in your hand and use to do a particular job:  I don’t have the right tools to start fiddling around with the engine. a shop selling garden tools2a piece of equipment or a skill that is useful for doing your job:  Television is an important tool for the modern teacher. These books are the tools of my trade (=the things I need to do my job).3someone who is used unfairly by another person and who has to do things they do not really want to do – used to show disapprovaltool of The king was merely a tool of the military government.4informal not polite a man’s penis (=sex organ) → down tools
    at down2(3)
    tool1 noun
    tool2 verb
    tooltool2 verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]
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    American English informal to drive along a street, especially for fun:  He spent the afternoon tooling around town.tool up phrasal verb to prepare a factory for producing goods by providing the necessary tools and machinerytool something ↔ up The factory was tooled up to produce light weapons.
    WDF

    tool

    [tu:l]tooled, tooling, tools

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    工具(93%),手段(3%),使用工具(2%),用具(1%),用工具加工(1%)
    n.工具,用具;器械,机床;手段
    vt.用工具给……加工
    vi.使用工具;用机床装备工厂

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