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instrument
4 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural instruments
plural instruments
Learner's definition of INSTRUMENT
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1
: a tool or device used for a particular purpose器具；工具
- instruments of torture刑具
- The murder weapon was a blunt instrument. [=an object without sharp edges or points]杀人凶器是一件钝器。
especially : a tool or device designed to do careful and exact work（尤指用于精细操作的）器械，仪器
- surgical/laboratory instruments外科手术器械；实验室仪器
2
: a device that measures something (such as temperature or distance)测量仪器；测量仪表
- an instrument designed to measure the Earth's atmosphere用于测量地球大气层的仪器
- Part of her training as a pilot involved learning to fly by instruments. [=learning to fly only by looking at the instruments in the airplane]作为飞行员，她训练的一部分就是学习如何靠仪表飞行。
3
: a device that is used to make music乐器 — see also wind instrument
- The piano was his favorite musical instrument.钢琴是他最喜爱的乐器。
- Do you play any instruments?你会演奏什么乐器吗？
4
: someone or something that can be used to do or achieve something促成某事的人（或事物）
- Movies can be useful instruments of social change. [=movies can be used to cause social change]电影可以成为促进社会变迁的重要手段。
- She believed that she was an instrument of God. [=she believed that God was using her to do things; she believed that God was acting through her]她相信自己是上帝的化身。
5
law : an official document that shows legal rights or duties正式法律文件；文据
- a mortgage instrument抵押文书
- stocks, bonds, and other financial instruments股票、债券和其他金融票据
in·stru·ment ˈin(t)-strə-mənt 
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Noun an instrument designed to measure the Earth's atmosphere The piano was his favorite musical instrument. Do you play any instruments?
Recent Examples on the Web
Laura Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Sep. 2022 The instrument, called MOXIE, or the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment, was able to produce six grams of oxygen per hour during the tests—about the rate of a small tree, according to a press release. Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2022 The exoplanet was first discovered in 2017 using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope and its SPHERE instrument, located in Chile. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 1 Sep. 2022 This portable, easy-to-play, four-string instrument brings unmeasurable joy to many. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Sep. 2022 This is a small, vicious instrument with tiny, triangular, bent tines that look like canine teeth sticking out to rip the kernels from the cob. Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2022 Modern readers are more intelligent, but just for the stragglers, a zither is a flat, stringed instrument, like a guitar with a shallower sound box and no neck. David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2022 Play an instrument, cook, knit, build, tinker or doodle. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 Rieke has served as the chief scientist for one of the telescope’s main instruments, the NIRCam; her husband, George Rieke, has been the chief U.S. scientist for another instrument, the MIRI. Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022 NBC News, 23 May 2018 Bullerengue is a genre led mainly by elderly women, instrumented exclusively with artisan drums, and preserved through oral tradition. Marjua Estevez, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2017 But however well-instrumented, machines can't intuit. Bucky Mcmahon, Popular Mechanics, 8 Sep. 2017 The plan is for the NFL, when the technology is ready, to offer mouth guards instrumented with such sensors to players to measure their impact response. Barry Wilner, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Aug. 2017 The plan is for the NFL, when the technology is ready, to offer mouth guards instrumented with such sensors to players to measure their impact response. USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2017 See More
Noun
Holly Auditorium is a new multi-million-dollar instrument — one that will allow researchers to see molecular proteins a thousand times smaller than the width of a human hair. Laura Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Sep. 2022 The instrument, called MOXIE, or the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment, was able to produce six grams of oxygen per hour during the tests—about the rate of a small tree, according to a press release. Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2022 The exoplanet was first discovered in 2017 using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope and its SPHERE instrument, located in Chile. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 1 Sep. 2022 This portable, easy-to-play, four-string instrument brings unmeasurable joy to many. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Sep. 2022 This is a small, vicious instrument with tiny, triangular, bent tines that look like canine teeth sticking out to rip the kernels from the cob. Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2022 Modern readers are more intelligent, but just for the stragglers, a zither is a flat, stringed instrument, like a guitar with a shallower sound box and no neck. David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2022 Play an instrument, cook, knit, build, tinker or doodle. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 Rieke has served as the chief scientist for one of the telescope’s main instruments, the NIRCam; her husband, George Rieke, has been the chief U.S. scientist for another instrument, the MIRI. Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022 Verb
Unlike earthquake prediction — which in terms of short-term prediction is currently not feasible and may never be feasible on a short timescale — volcano prediction is feasible and is common if volcanoes are instrumented. NBC News, 23 May 2018 Bullerengue is a genre led mainly by elderly women, instrumented exclusively with artisan drums, and preserved through oral tradition. Marjua Estevez, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2017 But however well-instrumented, machines can't intuit. Bucky Mcmahon, Popular Mechanics, 8 Sep. 2017 The plan is for the NFL, when the technology is ready, to offer mouth guards instrumented with such sensors to players to measure their impact response. Barry Wilner, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Aug. 2017 The plan is for the NFL, when the technology is ready, to offer mouth guards instrumented with such sensors to players to measure their impact response. USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2017 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin instrumentum, from instruere to arrange, instruct
First Known Use
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
circa 1700, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of instrument was in the 14th century Phrases Containing instrument
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