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Instrument N Count 可数名词 Musical Tool Making Music   [Oft

英语单词 instrument
英美音标 英 ['ɪnstrəmənt] 美 ['ɪnstrəmənt]
中文释义 n.仪器;乐器;工具;器械
v.用器械(或仪器)装备;向…提交文书
英语例句 (1) This instrument monitors the patient's heartbeats.
(2) He can play nearly every musical instrument.
(3) A plough is an instrument used for farming.
(4) The hospital imported some surgical instruments.
中文例句 (1) 这台仪器监听病人的心跳。
(2) 他几乎能演奏每一件乐器。
(3) 犁是用于耕作的工具。
(4) 医院进口了一些外科器械。
vocabulary简明 An instrument is usually a tool for making music, like a piano or a guitar, but it can also be used for almost any kind of tool or thing you use to get something done.
vocabulary扩展 A thermometer is an instrument for measuring temperature. A violin is an instrument used for making music. Recent economic woes were blamed on the abuse of certain financial instruments, which is just a fancy way of saying "deals." Your eye is a very sensitive light-collecting instrument, though you'll need a man-made instrument, like an X-ray telescope, if you want to see light outside of the visible spectrum.
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]器械;器具 An instrument is a tool or device that is used to do a particular task, especially a scientific task.
  [usu with supp]
  • ...a thin tube-like optical instrument.

    试管状的细长光学仪器

  • ...instruments for cleaning and polishing teeth...

    清洗和抛光牙齿的器械

  • The environment itself will at the same time be measured by about 60 scientific instruments.

    同时环境本身将由大约60种科学器械来测量。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]乐器 A musical instrument is an object such as a piano, guitar, or flute, which you play in order to produce music.
  [oft supp N]
  • Learning a musical instrument introduces a child to an understanding of music.

    学一门乐器能引导孩子了解音乐。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]仪器;仪表 An instrument is a device that is used for making measurements of something such as speed, height, or sound, for example on a ship or plane or in a car.
  [oft supp N]
  • ...crucial instruments on the control panel.

    控制面板上的重要仪表

  • ...navigation instruments.

    导航仪器

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]工具;手段;被他人利用的人 Something that is an instrument for achieving a particular aim is used by people to achieve that aim.
  [oft N of n]
  • The veto has been a traditional instrument of diplomacy for centuries.

    几个世纪以来否决权一直是外交上惯用的手段。

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See also:
stringed instrument
wind instrument

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