1
- a device or implement, especially one held in the hand, used to carry out a particular function（尤指手用）工具：
gardening tools.
园艺工具。
1.1
- a thing used in an occupation or pursuit（工作或职业中所用的）工具：
computers are an essential tool
计算机是重要的工具
the ability to write clearly is a tool of the trade.
写一手清晰的字是这一行谋生的手段。
1.2
- a person used or exploited by another被利用的人：
the beautiful Estella is Miss Havisham's tool.
美丽的埃斯特拉是哈维萨姆小姐的走卒。
1.3
- Computing a piece of software that carries out a particular function, typically creating or modifying another program【计算机】工具。
2
- a distinct design in the tooling of a book（书籍装订时的）压印图案。
2.1
- a small stamp or roller used to make such a design印模, 墨辊, 压印器（用来压印图案）。
3
- vulgar slang a man's penis〈粗俚〉阴茎。
1
- with obj.（一般作be tooled）impress a design on (leather, especially a leather book cover)在（皮革, 尤指书籍的皮革封面）上压印图案：
volumes bound in green leather and tooled in gold.
绿色皮面并有金色压印的书卷。
1.1
- dress (stone) with a chisel凿刻（石头）。
2
- equip or be equipped with tools for industrial production（为生产而）配置设备：
with obj. the factory must be tooled to produce the models工厂必须配置设备以生产这些型号
no obj. they were tooling up for British production.他们正为英国的生产配备设备。
2.1
- （tool up 或be tooled up） Brit. informal be or become armed, especially for criminal activity〈英, 非正式〉（尤指为犯罪活动而）武装。
3
- no obj., with adverbial of direction informal drive or ride in a casual or leisurely manner〈非正式〉悠闲自在地开车或乘车：
tooling around town in a pink Rolls-Royce.
开着粉红色的劳斯莱斯车在城里兜风。
派生词
tooler
noun词源
Old English tōl, from a Germanic base meaning 'prepare'; compare with TAW1. The verb dates from the early 19th cent.