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/ˈsɪzərz/ · /ˈsɪzəz/
a tool for cutting paper, cloth, and other thin things, made of two sharp blades that are joined in the middle, with holes at one end for your finger and thumb.
剪刀
複數 scissors
核心畫面
Picture two blades pinned together at the middle, crossing like an X. You put a finger and thumb in the two rings and squeeze; the blades close past each other and whatever thin thing sits between them — paper, cloth, a piece of tape — is cut. The whole tool is really one pair working against each other.
可以想成一個 X:兩片刀刃在中間被一根軸釘住,尾端各有一個圈給拇指和其他手指套進去。你一夾,兩片刀刃互相錯過去,夾在…更多收起
可以想成一個 X:兩片刀刃在中間被一根軸釘住,尾端各有一個圈給拇指和其他手指套進去。你一夾,兩片刀刃互相錯過去,夾在中間的薄東西——紙、布、膠帶——就被切開了。關鍵在「一對」互相咬合,少一片就什麼也剪不動;也因為它天生成對,英文永遠是複數的 scissors,要講一把會說 a pair of scissors。原始詞典資料12 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
scissorsnoun/ˈsɪzəz/
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A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed.
- Near-synonym: shears
- Those scissors are sharp.
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aeronauticsaerospaceaviationA type of defensive maneuver in dogfighting, involving repeatedly turning one's aircraft towards that of the attacker in order to force them to overshoot.
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aeronauticsaerospaceaviationAn instance of the above dogfighting maneuver.
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ball-gamesgameshobbiesAn attacking move conducted by two players; the player without the ball runs from one side of the ball carrier, behind the ball carrier, and receives a pass from the ball carrier on the other side.
- They executed a perfect scissors.
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hobbieslifestyleskatingA method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other.
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gymnasticshobbieslifestyleAn exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors.
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governmenthobbieslifestyleA scissors hold.
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gamesrock-paper-scissorsA hand with the index and middle fingers open (a handshape resembling scissors), that beats paper and loses to rock. It beats lizard and loses to Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
scissorsintj/ˈsɪzəz/
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datedCry of anguish or frustration.
- Say, wouldn’t it put your eye out to get a letter from one of the kiddies with the thumb‐prints of that crest not doing a thing but snuggling down in the wax on the envelope? Oh, scissors!
- “Scissors!” he shouted and stuck his finger in his mouth.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。