• n. 工具，用具；器械，機床；手段
• vi. 使用工具；用機床裝備工廠
• vt. 用工具給……加工

來自古英語 tol,工具，設(shè)備，武器，來自 Proto-Germanic*towlam,工具，對等于 tow,拉，引導(dǎo)， -le,工具格后綴。

tool

tool: [OE] A tool is etymologically an implement used to ‘make’ something. It came from a prehistoric Germanic *tōwlam. This was derived from a base *tōw-, *taw-, which produced a variety of other words with the general sense ‘make, prepare, do’ (most of them have now died out, but survivors include Dutch touwen and English taw ‘make leather’).
=> taw, tow

tool (n.)

Old English tol "instrument, implement used by a craftsman or laborer, weapon," from Proto-Germanic *to(w)lam "implement" (cognates: Old Norse tol), from a verb stem represented by Old English tawian "prepare" (see taw). The ending is the instrumental suffix -el (1). Figurative sense of "person used by another for his own ends" is recorded from 1660s. Slang meaning "penis" first recorded 1550s.

tool (v.)

"to drive a vehicle," 1812, probably from tool (n.) as if "to manage skillfully." The meaning "to work or shape with a tool" is recorded from 1815; that of "equip (a factory) with machine tools" is from 1927. Related: Tooled; tooling.

1. An intelligent computer will be an indispensable diagnostic tool for doctors.

智能計算機將成為醫(yī)生不可或缺的診斷工具。

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2. The moulds for the foundry are made in the tool-room area.

鑄造車間的模具是在工具間生產(chǎn)的。

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3. Writing is a good tool for discharging overwhelming feelings.

寫作是宣泄強烈感情的好方法。

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4. The video has become an invaluable teaching tool.

錄像已經(jīng)成為非常有用的教學(xué)手段。

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5. He became the tool of the security services.

他成了安全部門的工具。

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