tool

noun

1. 工具
   an instrument such as a hammer, screwdriver , saw , etc. that you hold in your hand and use for making things, repairing things, etc.
   1. garden tools
      园艺工具
   2. a cutting tool
      切削工具
   3. power tools (= using electricity)
      电动工具
   4. Always select the right tool for the job.
      一定要选对干活的工具。
2. （有助于做工或完成某事的）用具，器具，手段，方法
   a thing that helps you to do your job or to achieve sth
   1. research tools like questionnaires
      问卷之类的研究方法
   2. 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。
   3. 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. 受人利用的人；工具
   a person who is used or controlled by another person or group
   1. The prime minister was an unwitting tool of the president.
      首相不知不觉被总统利用了。
4. 鸡巴；屌
   a penis

verb

1. 驱车兜风；驾车到处跑
   to drive around in a vehicle

1. See also: I find the best tool for the purpose is a pair of shears. machine tool
2. N-COUNT 手段;方法
   You can refer to anything that you use for a particular purpose as a particular type of tool .
   1. Writing is a good tool for discharging overwhelming feelings…
      写作是宣泄强烈感情的好方法。
   2. The video has become an invaluable teaching tool...
      录像已经成为非常有用的教学手段。
   3. 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。
3. N-COUNT 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.
   1. He became the tool of the security services.
      他成了安全部门的工具。
4. (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.
5. PHRASE (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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。

1. The calculator is a tool, not a crutch; yet it is increasingly being used as a crutch by many children
   计算器是工具，不是拐杖，可是现在很多孩子越来越依赖它。
2. An intelligent computer will be an indispensable diagnostic tool for doctors.
   智能计算机将成为医生不可或缺的诊断工具。
3. Tool companies here are generally small.
   这里制造工具的公司普遍规模不大。
4. 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。
5. Writing is a good tool for discharging overwhelming feelings
   写作是宣泄强烈感情的好方法。
6. The video has become an invaluable teaching tool
   录像已经成为非常有用的教学手段。
7. 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。
8. He became the tool of the security services.
   他成了安全部门的工具。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. It could be a tremendous tool for scientists who have to wade through tons of data.
    对于那些需要费力处理海量数据的科学家而言，这个工具实在太棒了。
12. This is a very handy tool for opening cans.
    这是一种很简便的开罐头工具。
13. An iron tool, if never used, will corrode with rust.
    铁制工具长期不用会锈损。
14. It will save considerable machining time to use more than one tool in one machine to perform several machine operations either in sequence or simultaneously.
    在一台机器上使用数种刀具来顺次或同时进行几项机器操作，将节省大量加工时间。
15. This tool is handy for various jobs.
    这件工具可用来干多种工作。
16. There is every indication that they will continue to be a basic part of every control engineer's tool kit for many years to come.
    各种迹象表明，在今后的很多年中，它们仍将是每个控制工程师的一套基本工具。
17. This tool will answer for our needs.
    这工具将满足我们的需要。
18. Especially, it provides a profitable tool for extracting rules from experience knowledge.
    该模型为经验知识的总结归纳提供了有益手段。
19. Essentially, it is a new tool of the United States for purpose of economic aggression and political overthrow.
    它最根本就是为美国进行经济侵略，进行政治颠覆的新式工具。
20. The factory has built itself up by starting with an old machine tool.
    该厂是靠一台旧机床起的家。
21. An axe is a tool used cutting wood.
    斧子是一种砍木头的工具。
22. The young worker has formed the habit of having every tool in its place.
    这位青年工人已习惯于把每一件工具放在应该放的位置。
23. The tool will be fine for the job.
    那件工具干这活儿正合适。
24. A software development tool used to test and debug embedded software.
    一个软件开发工具，被用来对嵌入式软件进行测试和除错。
25. Rational Software Architect is an integrated design and development tool that leverages model-driven development with UML.
    RationalSoftwareArchitect是一个集成式的设计和开发工具，它利用了UML的模型驱动开发。
26. IRAD provides tool support to facilitate portal and JSF development.
    IRAD提供了支持便利的portal和JSF开发工具。
27. It also introduces the ability for you to implement and add your own customized analysis modules to this tool.
    另外，其中还引入了在此工具中实现和添加自己的自定义分析模块的能力。
28. Both the alignment tool and the identity comparison technology allow for automation and command-line invocation.
    这个合并工具和身份对照技术都允许自动化和命令行的调用。
29. You can do this by using the system wizard deployment tool from the HMC.
    您可以使用HMC中的系统向导部署工具来完成这项工作。
30. We assume that you have installed the tools and that you have completed the initial tool configuration.
    我们假定，您已经安装了我们的工具并且进行了初始的工具配置。

  tool implement instrument【导航词义：工具，器具】

  tool n. 工具

〔辨析〕指手工操作的简易工具或工作上有用的器具，也可指被人利用的人（此时含贬义）。

  implement n. 工具，器具

〔辨析〕指为完成某项任务所需的工具或器具，尤指用于户外体力活的工具。

  instrument n. 工具，器械

〔辨析〕指科学、医学等工作用的小巧的器械、器具。

tool up

tool sb/sth↔up

1. 获得（或提供）必要的设备；给…配置装备
   to get or provide sb/sth with the equipment, etc. that is necessary to do or produce sth
   1. research tools like questionnaires
      问卷之类的研究方法
   2. 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。
   3. 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。

n.

down tools

• 撂下工作；罢工
  to stop work; to go on strike

noun

1. the means whereby some act is accomplished
   1. my greed was the instrument of my destruction
   2. science has given us new tools to fight disease

   Synonym:    instrument

2. an implement used in the practice of a vocation

3. obscene terms for penis

   Synonym:    cockprickdickshaftpeckerpeterputz

4. a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else

   Synonym:    creaturepuppet

verb

1. work with a tool

2. ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it
   1. We tooled down the street

   Synonym:    joyridetool around

3. drive
   1. The convertible tooled down the street

4. furnish with tools