scissors
/ˈsɪzəz/(亦作a pair of scissors)
plural noun
1- an instrument used for cutting cloth, paper, and other material, consisting of two blades laid one on top of the other and fastened in the middle so as to allow them to be opened and closed by a thumb and finger inserted through rings on the end of their handles剪刀。
1.1
- （亦作scissor）[as modifier] denoting an action in which two things cross each other or open and close like the blades of a pair of scissors剪式的：
as the fish swims the tail lobes open and close in a slight scissor action.
鱼游的时候, 双尾叶像剪刀一样轻微开合。
1.2
- Rugby a tactical move in which a player running diagonally takes the ball from a teammate and changes the direction of the attack, or feints to do so【英橄】交叉配合, 交叉移动。
词源
late Middle English:from Old French cisoires, from late Latin cisoria, plural of cisorium 'cutting instrument'， from cis-， variant of caes-， stem of caedere 'to cut'. The spelling with sc- （16th cent.） was by association with the Latin stem sciss- 'cut'.