| 释义 |
scissors/ˈsizəz/n. pl. 1 (also 亦作 pair of scissors sing.) an instrument for cutting fabric, paper, hair, etc., having two pivoted blades with finger and thumb holes in the handles, operating by closing on the material to be cut 剪刀，剪子 2 (treated as sing. 看作单数)a a method of high jump with a forward and backward movement of the legs 剪式跳高 b a hold in wrestling in which the opponent's body or esp. head is gripped between the legs (摔跤中的)剪(将对手的身体，尤其是头用双腿钳住) □ scissorwise adv.[Middle English sisoures via Old French cisoires from Late Latin cisoria, pl. of cisorium ‘cutting instrument’ (as CHISEL): associated with Latin scindere sciss- ‘to cut’] |