instrument: [13] Instrument comes from the same source as instruct: the Latin verb instruere ‘build, prepare, equip, teach’. From it was derived the noun instrūmentum, which meant ‘tool, equipment’. When introduced into English via Old French at the end of the 13th century it was used for a ‘musical instrument’, but the more general ‘implement’ and the metaphorical ‘means’ soon followed in the 14th century. => construct, destroy, instruct, structure
instrument (n.)
late 13c., "musical instrument," from Old French instrument "means, device; musical instrument" (14c., earlier estrument, 13c.) and directly from Latin instrumentem "a tool, apparatus, furniture, dress, document," from instruere "arrange, furnish" (see instruct). Meaning "tool, implement, utensil" is early 14c. in English; meaning "written document by which formal expression is given to a legal act" is from early 15c.
雙語例句
1. An instrument called a trocar makes a puncture in the abdominal wall.
一種叫做套管針的工具在腹壁上刺了一個孔。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The veto has been a traditional instrument of diplomacy for centuries.
幾個世紀以來否決權一直是外交上慣用的手段。
來自柯林斯例句
3. There is an internal circuit breaker to protect the instrument from overload.
內置有斷路器，防止設備過載。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The despot claimed to be the chosen instrument of divine providence.
專製者聲稱自己是上天選定的統治工具.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. There are twin holes on each side of the instrument.