tool

IPA（発音記号）

/tuːl/

名詞

広義軽蔑的俗語卑語カナダ英語多文化ロンドン英語アメリカ英語

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.

日本語の意味

作業を容易にするための道具や器具 / 専門職で使用される装置や機器 / 操作や作業を遂行するための手段や器具

このボタンはなに？

He reached for the tool on the workbench to tighten the bolt.

Google翻訳 / DeepL翻訳

彼はボルトを締めるために作業台の上にあった工具に手を伸ばした。

詳細

意味（1）

A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.

Hand me that tool, would you?

Google翻訳 / DeepL翻訳

詳細

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.

Google翻訳 / DeepL翻訳

詳細

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.

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