instrument

英 ['?nstr?m(?)nt] 美['?nstr?m?nt]
  • n. 儀器；工具；樂(lè)器；手段；器械

英英釋意

1. a device that requires skill for proper use
2. the means whereby some act is accomplished;
"my greed was the instrument of my destruction"
"science has given us new tools to fight disease"
3. a person used by another to gain an end
4. (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
5. the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
6. any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds