1 a tool that is used for doing a particular job or task 器械;工具;仪器:
surgical/optical/precision instruments外科器材;光学仪器;精密仪器☞ Look at the note at tool. 参看tool的注释。
2 something that is used for playing music 乐器:
‘What instrument do you play?’ ‘The violin.’“你演奏什么乐器?”“小提琴。”☞picture at music 见music插图
Musical instruments may be stringed (violins, guitars, etc), brass (horns, trumpets, etc), woodwind (flutes, clarinets, etc) or keyboard (piano, organ, synthesizer, etc). Percussion instruments include drums and cymbals. 乐器(musical instrument)分为以下几类:弦乐器(strings)(小提琴、吉他等)、铜管乐器(brass)(号、小号等)、木管乐器(woodwind)(长笛、单簧管等)、键盘乐器(keyboard)(钢琴、风琴、音响合成器等)。鼓、钹都是打击乐器(percussion)。
3 something that is used for measuring speed, distance, temperature, etc in a car, plane or ship 仪表:
the instrument panel of a plane飞机的仪表板
4 something that sb uses in order to achieve sth 手段;工具:
The press should be more than an instrument of the government.报刊不该仅为政府服务。
instrument/ˋInstrəmənt; ˈInstrəmənt or ˈInstrʊmənt/n [C]1 a special tool or piece of equipment, especially one used in science or medicine〔尤用于科学或医学的〕器械﹐器具﹔仪器﹐仪表: scientific instruments 科学仪器navigation instruments 导航仪器2 an object for producing music, such as a piano or VIOLIN 乐器: Can you play any musical instruments ? 你会什么乐器吗?wind/percussion/stringed instrument 管乐器/打击乐器/弦乐器3 formal someone or something that is used to achieve a particular result【正式】〔用来达到某一目的的〕工具﹔手段﹐方法: +of an instrument of social change 促成社会变革的措施
instrumentinstrumentinstrumentsinstrumentedinstrumentingnoun1a thing that you use for doing a special job: surgical instruments (= used by doctors)2a thing that you use for playing music: Violins and trumpets are musical instruments. What instrument do you play?