tool
noun [ C ] uk/tuːl/ us/tuːl/
(EQUIPMENT)
（用于生产或维修的）工具，器具
a piece of equipment that you use with your hands to make or repair something
power tools 电动工具
machine tools 机床
（帮助从事特定活动的）工具
something that helps you to do a particular activity
A free low-interest credit card can be a useful budgeting tool. 一张免手续费的低息信用卡是一种有用的省钱的工具。
tool of the trade 职业所需的工具;职业技能
A tool of the trade is something you need to use to do your job
The artist was surrounded by paints, brushes, and other tools of the trade. 这位艺术家周围到处都是颜料、画笔和其他绘画工具。
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- This tool is used to make holes in leather.
- A hammer is a simple tool.
- I always keep a set of tools in the back of my car.
- Early humans shaped tools out of stone.
- Our lawn mower and lots of garden tools were stolen from the shed.
(PERSON)
disapproving傀儡；爪牙
someone whose decisions and actions are unfairly controlled by others
The president was widely regarded as the tool of the military. 该总统被人们广泛视为军方的工具。
(PENIS)
offensive阴茎
a penis
offensive笨蛋，蠢货（侮辱性用语，用于指称非常不喜欢的人或行为愚蠢的人）
an insulting word for a person who you dislike very much or who behaves very stupidly