Shears are a heavy cutting tool that work like a very big, strong pair of scissors. Two blades meet, and you use both hands, or long handles, to cut things thicker or tougher than paper: hedges, branches, cloth in a workshop, or the wool on a sheep.

Shears大剪刀 are a heavy cutting tool是一種厚重的剪切工具，that work like運作起來像 a very big, strong pair of scissors一把非常大、非常堅固的剪刀。Two blades meet兩片刀刃相接合，and you use你用 both hands, or long handles雙手或長柄，to cut來剪 things thicker or tougher than paper比紙更厚或更韌的東西：hedges, branches, cloth in a workshop, or the wool on a sheep籬笆、樹枝、工作坊裡的布料，或羊身上的羊毛。

Garden shears, hedge shears, pinking shears (for a zigzag edge on cloth), sheep shears — the word stays the same; the job changes.

Garden shears, hedge shears, pinking shears (for a zigzag edge on cloth), sheep shears園藝剪、樹籬剪、鋸齒剪（用來剪布料的鋸齒邊）、羊毛剪 — the word stays the same這個字都一樣；the job changes只是用途不同。

We almost always treat shears as a pair, like scissors: a pair of shears, the shears are sharp. One half is not really a shear in ordinary talk.

We almost always treat shears as a pair, like scissors我們幾乎總是把shears當成一副來說，就像scissors一樣：a pair of shears, the shears are sharp像「a pair of shears」（一把剪刀）、「the shears are sharp」（這把剪刀很利）這樣說。in ordinary talk在日常說法裡 One half單獨一半 is not really a shear不太算是一支「a shear」。

They are more serious than kitchen scissors. If it is small and for paper or food, scissors is the usual word; if it is big and for the garden or the flock, shears is the right one.

They它們 than比 kitchen scissors廚房剪刀 are more serious更厲害、更正式一些。If it is small and for paper or food如果東西小、是用來剪紙或食物的, scissors is the usual word通常說scissors; if it is big and for the garden or the flock如果東西大、是用在花園或羊群的, shears is the right one就該用shears。