instruments

英 [ˈɪnstrʊmənts]

美 [ˈɪnstrəmənts]

n.  器械; 仪器; 器具; (车辆、机器的)仪器，仪表; 促成某事的人(或事物); 手段
instrument的复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 器械;器具
  Aninstrumentis a tool or device that is used to do a particular task, especially a scientific task.
  1. ...a thin tube-like optical instrument.
     试管状的细长光学仪器
  2. ...instruments for cleaning and polishing teeth...
     清洗和抛光牙齿的器械
  3. The environment itself will at the same time be measured by about 60 scientific instruments.
     同时环境本身将由大约60种科学器械来测量。
• N-COUNT 乐器
  A musicalinstrumentis an object such as a piano, guitar, or flute, which you play in order to produce music.
  1. Learning a musical instrument introduces a child to an understanding of music.
     学一门乐器能引导孩子了解音乐。
• N-COUNT 仪器;仪表
  Aninstrumentis a device that is used for making measurements of something such as speed, height, or sound, for example on a ship or plane or in a car.
  1. ...crucial instruments on the control panel.
     控制面板上的重要仪表
  2. ...navigation instruments.
     导航仪器
• N-COUNT 工具;手段;被他人利用的人
  Something that is aninstrumentfor achieving a particular aim is used by people to achieve that aim.
  1. The veto has been a traditional instrument of diplomacy for centuries.
     几个世纪以来否决权一直是外交上惯用的手段。
• See also:stringed instrumentwind instrument

双语例句

• Only half of the spacecraft's six science instruments are still in working order.
  这艘宇宙飞船的6件科学仪器中只有一半还在正常运转。
• They happened [ chanced] to have their instruments with them.
  他们正巧带有仪器。
• You can buy perfectly good instruments for a lot less.
  你可以少花一大笔钱买到顶好的仪器。
• The surgeon would pick up his instruments, probe, repair and stitch up again
  外科医生会拿起他的工具，探查、修复然后再重新缝合。
• Their instruments detected very faint radiowaves at a frequency of 3 kilohertz.
  他们的仪器检测到一个3千赫的微弱无线电波。
• Have you all warmed up your instruments?
  你们都做好演奏的准备了吗？
• He can play piano, violin and several other instruments.
  他会演奏钢琴、小提琴及其他几种乐器。
• Instruments developed at the hospital allow doctors to thread microscopic telescopes into the digestive tract.
  医院开发研制的仪器使医生们得以将显微内镜伸入消化道。
• In India and Bali students learn to vocalize music before ever picking up instruments.
  在印度和巴厘岛，学生们在开始学习乐器之前要先学习唱歌。
• Today's clever financial instruments make it possible for firms to hedge their risks.
  现今各种巧妙的金融手段使得各公司防范风险成为可能。