| 单词 | instrument |
| 释义 | instrument /in"streuh meuhnt/, n. 1. a mechanical tool or implement, esp. one used for delicate or precision work: surgical instruments. 2. a contrivance or apparatus for producing musical sounds: a stringed instrument. 3. a means by which something is effected or done; agency: an instrument of government. 4. a device for measuring the present value of a quantity under observation. 5. a mechanical or electronic measuring device, esp. one used in navigation: landing a plane by instruments. 6. a formal legal document, as a draft or bond: negotiable instruments. 7. a person used by another merely as a means to some private end; tool or dupe. v.t. 8. to equip with instruments, as a machine or manufacturing process: to instrument a space vehicle. 9. to arrange a composition for musical instruments; orchestrate. [1250-1300; ME < L instrumentum equip-ment, equiv. to instru-, s. of instruere to equip (see INSTRUCT) + -mentum -MENT; see INSTRUCT] Syn. 1. See tool. |
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