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

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• See also:I find the best tool for the purpose is a pair of shears.machine tool
• N-COUNT 手段;方法
  You can refer to anything that you use for a particular purpose as a particular type oftool.
  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。
• N-COUNT 受人利用的人;工具;傀儡
  If you describe someone as atoolof 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。
• (因罢工或抗议而突然)停工，放下工具
  If you say that workersdown tools, you mean that they stop working suddenly in order to strike or to make a protest of some kind.
• PHRASE (技能、工具和设备等)从事某行当的工具
  The tools ofyourtradeorthe tools of the tradeare 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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A workman must sharpen his tools if he is to do his work well.
  工欲善其事，必先利其器。
• All the tools have been handed in.
  工具已尽数交回。
• 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。
• Allocate the spare steel to the farm tools factory.
  把节余的钢材划拨给农具厂。
• Primitive man quickly learned how to manipulate tools.
  原始人很快就学会了使用工具。
• A scalpel and tweezers are the only tools needed.
  只需备有解剖刀和镊子。
• Tools hanging up in the shed are never used.
  挂在木屋中的工具从未用过。