instrument 音标拼音: ['ɪnstrəmənt]
n . 仪器,器械,器具;手段;乐器
vt . 用仪器装备
仪器,器械,器具;手段;乐器用仪器装备
instrument 器具
instrument 仪表 仪器
instrument n 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 " [
synonym : {
instrument }, {
tool }]
3 :
a person used by another to gain an end [
synonym : {
instrument },
{
pawn }, {
cat '
s -
paw }]
4 : (
law )
a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right [
synonym : {
legal document }, {
legal instrument },
{
official document }, {
instrument }]
5 :
the semantic role of the entity (
usually inanimate )
that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process [
synonym :
{
instrumental role }, {
instrument }]
6 :
any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds [
synonym : {
musical instrument },
{
instrument }]
v 1 :
equip with instruments for measuring ,
recording ,
or controlling 2 :
write an instrumental score for [
synonym : {
instrument },
{
instrumentate }]
3 :
address a legal document to Instrument \
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ment \,
v .
t .
1 .
To perform upon an instrument ;
to prepare for an instrument ;
as ,
a sonata instrumented for orchestra .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
To furnish or equip with instruments ;
to attach instruments to ;
as ,
the fighter planes were heavily instrumented ;
the patient was instrumented to monitor him remotely .
[
PJC ]
Instrument \
In "
stru *
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n . [
F .
instrument ,
L .
instrumentum .
See {
Instruct }.]
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1913 Webster ]
1 .
That by means of which any work is performed ,
or result is effected ;
a tool ;
a utensil ;
an implement ;
a device ;
as ,
the instruments of a mechanic ;
astronomical instruments .
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1913 Webster ]
All the lofty instruments of war . --
Shak .
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2 .
A contrivance or implement ,
by which musical sounds are produced ;
as ,
a musical instrument .
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1913 Webster ]
Praise him with stringed instruments and organs .
--
Ps .
cl .
4 .
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But signs when songs and instruments he hears .
--
Dryden .
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1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Law )
A writing ,
as the means of giving formal expression to some act ;
a writing expressive of some act ,
contract ,
process ,
as a deed ,
contract ,
writ ,
etc . --
Burrill .
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1913 Webster ]
4 .
One who ,
or that which ,
is made a means ,
or is caused to serve a purpose ;
a medium ,
means ,
or agent ;
as ,
their army was primarily an instrument of oppression .
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1913 Webster PJC ]
Or useful serving man and instrument ,
To any sovereign state . --
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
The bold are but the instruments of the wise .
--
Dryden .
Syn :
Tool ;
implement ;
utensil ;
machine ;
apparatus ;
channel ;
agent .
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1913 Webster ]
440 Moby Thesaurus words for "
instrument ":
Bourdon tube ,
Charlie McCarthy ,
Danish balance ,
Federal ,
Gramophone ,
Gyropilot ,
Mach meter ,
Roman balance ,
Teletype ,
Weightometer ,
X -
ray machine ,
absolute altimeter ,
accelerometer ,
adapt ,
aerial reconnaissance camera ,
aerometer ,
aeroscope ,
agency ,
agent ,
air log ,
alloy balance ,
altigraph ,
altimeter ,
amanuensis ,
ammeter ,
analytical balance ,
ancilla ,
anemograph ,
anemometer ,
anemoscope ,
aneroid ,
antler ,
apparatus ,
apple -
polisher ,
appliance ,
arrange ,
aspirator ,
ass -
licker ,
assay balance ,
autograph ,
automatic pilot ,
autosyn ,
awl ,
backslapper ,
baggage agent ,
balance ,
balance of precision ,
barb ,
barbed wire ,
barblet ,
barbule ,
barbwire ,
barometer ,
barrel scale ,
beam ,
bedpan ,
blank ,
bodkin ,
bombing locator ,
bombsight ,
bootlick ,
bootlicker ,
bradawl ,
brown -
nose ,
brownie ,
bullion balance ,
business agent ,
calorimeter ,
caltrop ,
card compass ,
carpet tack ,
cash register ,
catalyst ,
catheter ,
channel ,
cheval -
de -
frise ,
chirograph ,
chromatoscope ,
chronograph ,
chronometer ,
chuck ,
claim agent ,
clamp ,
clasp ,
clawback ,
clerk ,
clinch ,
clinical thermometer ,
clip ,
cockspur ,
commercial agent ,
commission agent ,
compact ,
compass ,
compose ,
consignee ,
contract ,
contraption ,
contrivance ,
control rod ,
counter scale ,
courtier ,
cramp ,
creature ,
cringer ,
customer agent ,
cylinder scale ,
device ,
diathermy machine ,
dibble ,
direction finder ,
docket ,
document ,
dog ,
dossier ,
drain ,
drum scale ,
dummy ,
dupe ,
electrocardiograph ,
electroencephalograph ,
electrograph ,
equipment ,
evaporimeter ,
facsimile telegraph ,
factor ,
fan scale ,
fawner ,
fed ,
federal agent ,
fid ,
file ,
fishhook ,
flatterer ,
flexure plate scale ,
flight recorder ,
flunky ,
footlicker ,
forceps ,
fork ,
form ,
freight agent ,
functionary ,
gadget ,
gaff ,
galvanometer ,
gauge ,
gauger ,
gear ,
general agent ,
gimcrack ,
gimlet ,
gimmick ,
gizmo ,
go -
between ,
goad ,
goniometer ,
gosport ,
gosport tube ,
grab ,
grapnel ,
grapple ,
grappler ,
grappling iron ,
grip ,
groveler ,
gyrocompass ,
hand tool ,
handmaid ,
handmaiden ,
handshaker ,
harmonize ,
harpoon ,
hat pin ,
heat lamp ,
helot ,
hemostat ,
holdfast ,
holograph ,
hook ,
horn ,
hub dynamometer ,
hygrograph ,
hygrometer ,
hypo ,
hypodermic ,
hypodermic needle ,
hypsometer ,
icepick ,
implement ,
inclinometer ,
induction compass ,
instrumentality ,
instrumentate ,
instrumentation ,
insurance agent ,
interagent ,
intermediary ,
intermediate ,
intermedium ,
jackal ,
jaws ,
joy stick ,
kaleidoscope ,
kowtower ,
kymograph ,
lackey ,
lance ,
lancet ,
land agent ,
laser ,
law agent ,
led captain ,
legal document ,
legal instrument ,
legal paper ,
lever ,
lever scales ,
lickspit ,
lickspittle ,
literary agent ,
loan agent ,
long -
arm balance ,
machine ,
machinery ,
magnetic compass ,
make an adaptation ,
manometer ,
marlinespike ,
mealymouth ,
mean ,
means ,
measure ,
measurer ,
mechanical device ,
mechanical heart ,
mechanism ,
mechanize ,
mediator ,
medium ,
melodize ,
meteorograph ,
meter ,
microfilm reader ,
micrometer ,
microscope ,
midwife ,
mill ,
minion ,
ministry ,
motorize ,
musicalize ,
nail ,
needle ,
news agent ,
nippers ,
octant ,
official ,
official document ,
optical altimeter ,
orchestrate ,
organ ,
oscillograph ,
otoscope ,
oxgoad ,
ozonometer ,
pact ,
pair of scales ,
paper ,
paper clip ,
papers ,
paraphernalia ,
parchment ,
pari -
mutuel ,
pari -
mutuel machine ,
parliamentary agent ,
passenger agent ,
pawn ,
peon ,
personal file ,
photometer ,
pike ,
pin ,
pincers ,
pitchfork ,
pitot -
static tube ,
plate fulcrum scale ,
platform scale ,
plaything ,
pliers ,
pluviograph ,
pluviometer ,
pneumatograph ,
pneumatometer ,
potentiometer ,
power tool ,
precision balance ,
precision scale ,
precision tool ,
press agent ,
prime mover ,
prism ,
probe ,
prong ,
punch ,
puppet ,
purchasing agent ,
pus basin ,
put to music ,
pyrometer ,
quadrant ,
quill ,
radar ,
radio ,
radio compass ,
radio direction finder ,
radiogoniometer ,
range finder ,
rate -
of -
climb indicator ,
real estate agent ,
recording barometer ,
recording hygrometer ,
register ,
retool ,
robot pilot ,
roll ,
rowel ,
sales agent ,
scale ,
scales ,
scalpel ,
score ,
scrip ,
script ,
scroll ,
secretary ,
seismograph ,
seismoscope ,
serf ,
servant ,
set ,
set to music ,
sextant ,
sharpen ,
short -
arm balance ,
skewer ,
slave ,
sound ,
sound recorder ,
spaniel ,
spearhead ,
special agent ,
spectrograph ,
spectrohelioscope ,
spectroscope ,
speculum ,
speed tool ,
spicule ,
spiculum ,
spike ,
spine ,
spiral balance ,
spirit level ,
spirometer ,
spit ,
splint ,
spur ,
staple ,
static tube ,
station agent ,
stereopticon ,
stethoscope ,
steward ,
sting ,
stooge ,
strike radar scanner ,
suck ,
sun compass ,
suture ,
swab ,
sycophant ,
syringe ,
tachometer ,
tack ,
tackle ,
tang ,
tape recorder ,
teletypewriter ,
telltale ,
theatrical agent ,
thermograph ,
thermometer ,
thermometrograph ,
thermostat ,
thingumabob ,
thingumajig ,
thingummy ,
throttle ,
thumbtack ,
ticker ,
ticket agent ,
timeserver ,
tine ,
toad ,
toady ,
tongs ,
tool ,
toy ,
transcribe ,
transit instrument ,
transpose ,
travel agent ,
trepan ,
trephine ,
truckler ,
tufthunter ,
turnstile ,
tweezers ,
utensil ,
variometer ,
vehicle ,
venturi tube ,
viewer ,
viscosimeter ,
vise ,
voting machine ,
walking delegate ,
way ,
weigh scales ,
weighbridge ,
weighing machine ,
weight voltameter ,
whatnot ,
wherewithal ,
wrench ,
writ ,
write ,
writing ,
yes -
man ,
yoke
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