English Dictionary

tool

/tuːl/

noun

A mechanical device intended to make a task easier. / Any piece of equipment used in a profession, e.g. a craftman's tools. / Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.

I need a new tool for my woodworking projects.

意味（1）

A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.

Hand me that tool, would you?

意味（2）

Any piece of equipment used in a profession, e.g. a craftman's tools.

Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.

意味（3）

Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.

Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.[…]A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.

意味（4）

(computing) A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.

The software engineer had been developing lots of EDA tools.

意味（5）

A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.

He was a tool, no more than a pawn to her.

意味（6）

(by extension, vulgar, slang, derogatory) An obnoxious or uptight person.

He won't sell us tickets because it's 3:01, and they went off sale at 3. That guy's such a tool.

意味（7）

(vulgar, slang) A penis, notably with a sexual or erotic connotation.

She wanna hang with the goons

She wanna party midnight till noon

She wanna hang with the goons She wanna party midnight till noon She wanna play with my tool

意味（8）

(slang, Canada, US, MTE, MLE, and possibly wider) A gun.

In my city keep a tool

In my city keep a tool Lil nigga you know the rules