Toolとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English tool, tol, from 古期英語 tōl (“tool, implement, instrument”, literally “that with which one prepares something”), perhaps borrowed from Old Norse tól, but at any rate ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tōlą (“that which is used in preparation, tool”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to tie to, secure”), equivalent to taw (“to prepare”) +‎ -le (agent suffix). Cognate with Scots tuil (“tool, implement, instrument, device”), Icelandic tól (“tool”), Faroese tól (“tool, instrument”). Related to 古期英語 tāwian (“to make, prepare, または cultivate”); see taw, and tow ("fibres used for spinning").^[1][2]

発音

• (英国発音) enPR: to͞ol, IPA^(key): /tuːl/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /tul/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /tʉːl/
  • 韻: -uːl
  • Homophone: tulle

名詞

tool (複数形 tools)

2. Any mechanical device meant to ease or do a task.

   Hand me that tool, would you?

   I don't have the right tools to start fiddling around with the engine.

3. Any piece of equipment used in a profession, e.g. a craftman's tools.

   These are the tools of the trade.

   • 2012 March, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 19 February 2013, page 106:

     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.

4. Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
   • 1867, The Masonic Trowel, volume 6, page 44:

     What was the need of a man to do that? "One stick at a time;" if Ned could not do that, he was a poor tool. Ah, a poor tool he proved to be.

   • 2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist‎^[2], archived from the original on 11 May 2017:

     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.

5. (computing) A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.

   The software engineer had been developing lots of EDA tools.

   a tool for recovering deleted files from a disk

6. A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.

   He was a tool, no more than a pawn to her.

7. (by extension, vulgar, slang, derogatory) An obnoxious or uptight person.

   He won't sell us tickets because it's 3:01, and they went off sale at 3. That guy's such a tool.

8. (baseball) A particular skill pertaining to baseball (such as hitting, running, etc.).

   a five-tool player

   • 2007 November 7, Mark Bechtel, “"there's Something Fun About Yooouuuk"”, in Sports Illustrated‎^[3], archived from the original on 2008-10-14:

     When asked what he liked about Youk [Kevin Youkilis], former Boston scout Matt Haas says, "At first glance, not a lot." (Mind you, this is one of the few scouts who actually wanted the kid.) "He was unorthodox," says Haas, who now scouts for the Arizona Diamondbacks. "He had an extreme crouch—his thighs were almost parallel to the ground. And he was heavier than he is now. But the more I watched him, the more I just thought, Throw the tools out the window. This guy can play baseball."

9. (vulgar, informal) A penis, notably with a sexual or erotic connotation.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:penis

   • 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv], page 231:

     Or haue wee some strange Indian with the great Toole, come to Court, the women so besiege vs?

   • 2019 February 1, Burna Bandz (lyrics かつ music), “Goons” (track 13), in Compact Burna‎^[4]:

     She wanna hang with the goons
     She wanna party midnight till noon
     She wanna play with my tool

10. (slang, Canada, 米国用法, MTE, MLE, かつ possibly wider) A gun.
    • 2019 February 1, Burna Bandz (lyrics かつ music), “Goons” (track 13), in Compact Burna‎^[5]:

      In my city keep a tool
      Lil nigga you know the rules

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:tool

下位語

• criminal tool, crimping tool, cutting tool, deburring tool, edge tool, entrenching tool, grafting tool, Halligan tool, hand tool, hive tool, Jacot tool, machine tool, power tool, set tool, sex tool, side tool, spare tool, swing tool, tint tool, tip tool, turning tool

派生語

参照

• tool on Wikipedia.

動詞

tool (三人称単数 現在形 tools, 現在分詞 tooling, 過去形および過去分詞形 tooled)

1. (transitive) To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
2. (transitive) To equip with tools.
3. (intransitive) To work very hard.
   • 1965, Matt Fichtenbaum, Dan Murphy, “The Institute Screw”, in The Broadside of Boston, volume III, number 22:

     Do this lab and read this book, now tool, one and all,
     And be sure and pass that final quiz or be screwed right to the wall.

4. (transitive, slang) To put down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.

   Dude, he's not your friend. He's just tooling you.

5. (transitive, volleyball) To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
6. (transitive, UK, slang, dated) To drive (a coach または other vehicle).
7. (transitive, UK, slang, dated) To carry or convey in a coach or other vehicle.
   • 1850s, Cuthbert M. Bede, The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green

     Among those who seemed disposed to join in this opinion was the Jehu of the Warwickshire coach, who expressed his conviction to our hero, that "he wos a young gent as had much himproved hisself since he tooled him up to the Warsity with his guvnor."

8. (intransitive, slang) To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.
   • March 8, 1890, Byron P. Stephenson, "My Trip to Brazil", in Illustrated American

     boys on their bicycles tooling along the well-kept roads

   • 2011, Ben Aaronovitch, Rivers of London, Gollancz, published 2011, page 324:

     These are the guys that tool around in Mercedes Sprinter vans with equipment lockers stuffed with everything from riot helmets to tasers.

同意語

• (volleyball): use

派生語

• tool around

参照

アナグラム

• LOTO, OOTL, loot, loto