音标:[tu:ld] ;
vt. 用工具给…加工(tool的过去式与过去分词形式)
v drive
v ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it
v furnish with tools
v work with a tool

词性分布:
形容词100%

tool的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. Don't injure yourself with that tool.不要让那工具伤害到你。
  2. The metal tool clanged when it hit the ground.金属工具碰到地面时发出叮当声。
  3. A vacuum cleaner is a handy household tool.吸尘器是一种使用方便的家庭用具。
  4. Tissue culture is the most important tool used in virus assay.组织培养是用于病毒试验的最重要的手段。
  5. The prime minister was a mere tool in the hands of the country's president.那个总理只不过是该国总统的马前卒。
用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. He job is to tool accurately machine parts.他的工作是精密加工机器零件。
用作不及物动词(vi.)
  1. When a user clicks and drags with the tool on the drawing area, the tool does its thing.当用户在画图区域使用工具单击并拖动时,工具就执行操作。
  2. Previous studies by UW psychology professors found that infants do not normally use a tool, such as a cane, spontaneously.之前的华盛顿大学心理学教授的研究发现,婴儿一般不会本能地使用工具,如棒子。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. It is an early tool in recent excavations.这是最近发掘出的古代工具。
  2. He is clumsy with a tool.他使用工具笨手笨脚。
  3. He is accustomed to say that English is a useful tool in his work.他常说英语是他工作中很有用的工具。
  4. A carpenter's tools include saws, hammers, and screw-drivers.木工的工具包括锯子、锤子和旋凿。
  5. The carpenter angrily flung away his tools and would work no longer.木匠怒气冲冲地扔下工具不肯再干了。
  6. He used his boss's absence as a tool for gaining influence.他利用上司外出的机会来扩大影响。
  7. He was a mere tool in the hands of the dictator.他只是那独裁者手中的工具而已。
  8. The prime minister was a mere tool in the hands of the country's president.那个总理只不过是该国总统的马前卒。
  9. Words are the tools of his trade.言谈是他做生意的工具。

常用短语

用作名词(n.)
down tools
    罢工 stop working

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
  • break a tool弄坏工具
  • damage a tool损坏工具
  • devise tools设计器械
  • down tools暂时停止工作,罢工
  • employ a tool使用工具
  • find tools找到工具
  • improve a tool改进工具
  • invent a tool发明工具
  • keep one's tools bright常备不懈
  • make a tool of sb把某人作为走卒
  • manipulate a tool熟练地使用工具,操纵工具
  • repair a tool修理工具
  • research tool研究手段
  • sharpen tool磨快工具
  • use a tool使用工具
  • utilize a tool使用工具
形容词+~
  • broken tool坏工具
  • effective tool有效的工具
  • fire-fighting tools消防工具
  • indispensable tool必不可少的工具
  • necessary tool必要的工具
  • needed tool需要的工具
  • new tools新式工具
  • obedient tool驯服的工具
  • powerful tool有力的工具,强大的工具
  • useful tool有用的工具
名词+~
  • burglar's tools窃贼的(作案)工具
  • carpenter's tools木工工具
  • farm tools农具
  • garden tools园艺工具
  • kitchen tool炊具
  • machine tools机床
  • power tool电动工具
  • research tool研究手段
介词+~
  • a set of tools一套工具
  • with a tool用工具
~+介词
  • tool for one's own purposes为自己目的服务的工具
  • tool in the experiment实验中用的工具
  • tool of one's trade本行业的工具
  • tool of thought思维的工具

经典引文

  • He has found two teeth..in a deposit together with crudely chipped stone tools.

    出自:Scientific American
  • The garden rake is a tool that is in demand all year round.

    出自:Garden Answers
  • He..gets his leg ground to bits by tooled up cocaine smugglers.

    出自:Loaded

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