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tool noun | verb
 1 
tool / tul ; tu:l /noun C
1. something 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. a piece of equipment or a skill that is useful for doing your job工具〔指工作上有用的器具或技能〕:
Television is an important tool for the modern teacher.对于现代的教师来说,电视是一种重要的工具。
These books are the tools of my trade (=the things I need to do my job) .这些书是干我这一行必不可少的工具。
3. someone who is used unfairly by another person and who has to do things they do not really want to do – used to show disapproval被人利用的人(工具)〔含贬义〕:
[+ of ]
The king was merely a tool of the military government.国王只是军政府的一个工具。
4. informal not politea man's PENIS (=sex organ)阴茎,鸡巴
down tools at DOWN² (3)
 2 
toolverb I always + adv / prepAmE informal
1. to drive along a street, especially for fun〔尤指为了找乐子而〕驾驶车辆:
He spent the afternoon tooling around town.他下午开着车在城里转悠。

 PHRASAL VERBS 
tool up
to 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 sth
up
The factory was tooled up to produce light weapons.这家工厂配备了设备生产轻武器。

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