tool

道具、工具

切る、作る、修理するなどの作業に使う物。

やさしい英語で： An object you use to do a job, such as cutting, building, or repairing something.

• Pass me that tool.
• She bought tools to repair her bike.
• Which tool should I use to cut this wood?

類義語： implement

よく使う表現： hand tool, power tool, tool box, use a tool

手先、操り人形

他人の目的のために操られ、利用される人や集団。

やさしい英語で： A person or group controlled and used by others to achieve their aims.

• He became a tool of the regime.
• The group was a tool of powerful business interests.
• She refused to be anyone’s tool.

使い方： a tool of someone/something (The newspaper became a tool of the government.)

類義語： pawn, puppet

よく使う表現： tool of someone, political tool, mere tool

元の資料には、この動詞の定義ではなく編集用の注記がある。

やさしい英語で： The source provides an editing note instead of a definition for this verb.

• The source gives no meaning for the verb “tool” here.
• This “tool” entry contains an editing note.
• A definition is missing from this verb entry for “tool”.

加工する、型押しする

専用の道具で素材を加工したり、模様を押し付けて飾ったりする。

やさしい英語で： Shape or decorate a material using special equipment, often by pressing a design into it.

• She learned to tool leather.
• The cover was tooled with a flower design.
• He tools each belt by hand.

使い方： tool something with something (The leather was tooled with a geometric pattern.)

類義語： work, shape

よく使う表現： tool leather, tool a pattern, tool a design

装備する

物の製作や修理に必要な道具や機械を施設に備える。

やさしい英語で： Provide a place with the equipment needed to make or repair things.

• They will tool the new factory.
• The plant was tooled for car production.
• We need to tool up before manufacturing begins.

使い方： tool up for something (The company is tooling up for mass production.)

類義語： equip

よく使う表現： tool a factory, tool up, tool a plant