instrument

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A device used to produce music.
    — The violinist was a master of her instrument.
  2. A means or agency for achieving an aspect.
    — “There the cause of death was soon ascertained ; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”
  3. A measuring or displaying device.
    — The instrument detected an increase in radioactivity.
  4. A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
    — The dentist set down his tray of instruments.
  5. A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.; Ellipsis of flight instrument. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,plural-normally
    — Flight within clouds must be made by reference to your instruments.
  6. A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
    — A bond indenture is the instrument that gives a bond its value.
  7. A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal. figuratively
    — Or useful serving man and instrument, / To any sovereign state.
动词 v.
  1. To apply measuring devices. transitive
    — an instrumented test article
  2. To devise, conceive, cook up, plan. transitive
    — When the Lit. Mongers deign to notice his work, they dismiss him as a "cult writer," another of their standard ploys. Purdy, not really bitter at the instrumented silence and sneers of the bookchat legions, […]
  3. To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.
    — a sonata instrumented for orchestra

词形变化

instruments plural instruments present,singular,third-person instrumenting participle,present instrumented participle,past instrumented past

词汇关系

近义词
implement instrument machine tool utensil
上位词
device artifact
下位词
musical instrument axe hammer pincers pliers saw screwdriver wrench
衍生词
absolute instrument bioinstrument block instrument blunt instrument brass instrument B♭ instrument cash instrument chosen instrument C instrument debt instrument derivative instrument E♭ instrument financial instrument F instrument flight instrument hyperinstrument instrument approach instrumentary instrumentation instrument flight rules instrument flying instrument guidance system instrumentist instrumentive instrument landing system instrumentlike instrumently instrument maker instrument meteorological conditions instrument panel instrument-shaped object keyboard instrument law of the instrument legal instrument Maisonneuve's instrument measuring instrument microinstrument monetary instrument musical instrument negotiable instrument on instruments percussion instrument reed instrument reinstrument Sabouraud-Noiré instrument statutory instrument stringed instrument string instrument time-delay measuring instrument transit instrument universal instrument wind instrument woodwind instrument
相关词
construe instrumental :Category:Tools

词源

词源 1
From Middle English instrument, from Old French instrument, from Latin īnstrūmentum (“an implement, tool”),
From īnstruō (“build, construct; arrange”) + -mentum.
词源 2
From Middle English instrument, from Old French instrument, from Latin īnstrūmentum (“an implement, tool”),
From īnstruō (“build, construct; arrange”) + -mentum.
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