tools

英 [tuːlz] 美 [tuːlz]

n.  工具; (有助于做工或完成某事的)用具,器具,手段,方法; 受人利用的人
v.  驱车兜风; 驾车到处跑
tool的第三人称单数和复数

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柯林斯词典

  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.
    1. 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。

    双语例句

    1. Many of these tools have sharp blades, so be careful.
      这些工具中很多都有锋利的刀片,务必小心。
    2. Make a checklist of the tools and materials you will need.
      把你需要的工具和材料开一张单子。
    3. At the very bottom of the chest were his carving tools.
      箱子最底下是他的雕刻工具。
    4. You can buy all these tools at a do-it-yourself store.
      你可以在自己动手做商店里买到所有这些工具。
    5. All the tools are fabricated from high quality steel.
      所有工具均由精钢制成。
    6. Blacksmiths spent most of their time repairing tools and shoeing horses
      铁匠大部分时间都在修理工具和钉马掌。
    7. Hand tools are relics of the past that have now been superseded by the machine.
      手工工具是历史的遗物,现在已经被机器所取代。
    8. 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。
    9. 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。
    10. In industry, diamond can form a tough, non-corrosive coating for tools.
      在工业上,金刚石可以用作工具表面坚固、耐腐蚀的覆盖层。
    11. The science of engineering began as soon as man learned to use tools.
      人类一学会使用工具,工程科学就开始了。
    12. All the tools are ready.
      一应工具均已备齐。
    13. You can get a new set of tools, or else you may use mine for the time being.
      你可以领一套新工具,再不就用我的吧。
    14. The improved farm tools are efficient as well as easy to handle.
      新式农具既轻巧,又出活。
    15. A workman must sharpen his tools if he is to do his work well.
      工欲善其事,必先利其器。
    16. Recall the tools on loan.
      把借出的工具要回来。
    17. A lot of farm tools are piled in the storehouse.
      库房里堆放着许多农具。
    18. All the tools have been handed in.
      工具已尽数交回。
    19. Bad workmen often blame their tools.
      拙匠常怪工具差。
    20. The tools are not put in the right place.
      工具放的不是地方。
    21. Check the tools and see if anything is missing.
      检点一下工具,看有无丢失。
    22. The tools will corrode with rust if never used.
      这些工具如长期不用会长铁锈而损坏。
    23. Primitive man quickly learned how to manipulate tools.
      原始人很快就学会了使用工具。
    24. You may use these tools, only you must replace it after use.
      这些工具你可以使用,不过你用完之后得重新放好。
    25. A scalpel and tweezers are the only tools needed.
      只需备有解剖刀和镊子。
    26. This factory produces agricultural machinery and repairs farm tools on the side.
      该厂生产农业机械,外带修理农具。
    27. Tools hanging up in the shed are never used.
      挂在木屋中的工具从未用过。
    28. Allocate the spare steel to the farm tools factory.
      把节余的钢材划拨给农具厂。
    29. The only tools in the house are a hammer and a saw.
      屋子里仅有的工具是一把锤子和一把锯。
    30. There are tools beside the bench.
      工作台旁边有一些工具。