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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 /
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    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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    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 /
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    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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