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Tools
ldoce_338_htool1 /tuːl/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countableC] 1 
TZsomething that you hold in your hand and use to do a particular job 工具
TZsomething that you hold in your hand and use to do a particular job 工具 I don’t have the right tools to start fiddling around with the engine.
我没有合适的工具来摆弄发动机。
a shop selling garden tools
出售园艺工具的商店
2 HELPa piece of equipment or a skill that is useful for doing your job 工具〔指职业上有用的器具或技能〕
Television is an important tool for the modern teacher.
电视是现代教师重要的工具。
These books are the tools of my trade (=the things I need to do my job).
这些书是我工作中的必备工具。
3 USE A PERSONsomeone who is used unfairly by another person and who has to do things they do not really want to do – used to show disapproval 〔被人利用的〕工具〔含贬义〕
tool of
The king was merely a tool of the military government.
国王只是军政府的工具。
4. informal not politeHBH a man’s penis (=sex organ) 阴茎，鸡巴
→ down tools at down2(3)Examples from the Corpus
tool• The king was merely a tool of the military regime.• a tool for cutting metal• The Internet has been an effective tool for advertising.• All my gardening tools had been stolen from the shed.• A good tool kit should contain pliers, screwdrivers, and wire-cutters.• He took a spanner from his tool box and tightened up the bolts on the gate.• These plans were an invaluable tool which increased the accuracy and the efficiency of the project.• At first, options were distrusted by many as risky, esoteric investment tools.• Interest rates are one of the Finance Minister's main tools of economic policy.• Using the computer environment as our tool we can process and reshape all kinds of information swiftly and perfectly.• Pictures of fleeing refugees were used as an effective propaganda tool against the Communists.• He couldn't finish repairing the engine because he didn't have the right tools.• a carpenter's tools• The elements of a nutrition program plan provide the manager with the tools to anticipate results and conduct ongoing evaluation.• Dance and aerobics classes are a useful tool for encouraging girls back to school P.E. lessons.• Inspection sites are dirty and may be cluttered with tools, materials, or debris.
tool of• Many see the senator as a tool of the auto industry.
Outdoor
tool2 verb [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] 1 American EnglishAmE informalTTRDLO to drive along a street, especially for fun 开车〔尤指兜风〕
He spent the afternoon tooling around town.
他下午开着车在城里转悠。
2 tool up phrasal verbphr v TIFto prepare a factory for producing goods by providing the necessary tools and machinery 〔以必要的工具和机器等〕装备〔工厂〕
tool something ↔ up
The factory was tooled up to produce light weapons.
这家工厂配备了设备生产轻武器。
From Longman Business Dictionary
tooltool1 /tuːl/ noun [countableC]
1an object, piece of equipment, or device used for making things
Something like sixty tools may be used to machine a workpiece.
a tool manufacturer
2a skill or method of doing a particular task
Praise is a hugely powerfulmanagement tool.
Using a preferred currency can be a strong marketing tool when negotiating a contract.
Reports and accounts are a useful publicity tool.
3COMPUTING a piece of software designed to do a particular task
a new online tool to help digital photographers
tooltool2 verb
→ tool up
Old English tol