early 14c., "tool for grasping or nipping," from Old French pinceure "pincers, tongs," from pincier "to pinch" (see pinch). Applied to animal parts from 1650s. Related: Pincer.
双语例句
1. His surgical instruments were a knife and a pair of pincers.
他的外科手术器械是一把刀和一把钳子。
来自柯林斯例句
2. a pair of pincers
一把钳子
来自《权威词典》
3. He worked with a pair of pincers.
他用一把钳子工作.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. In the meantime the outer pincers had met and closed.
同时,外圈钳形围攻的部队已经会师合围.
来自辞典例句
5. It was within the claws of the Warsaw pincers that the Polish Army fought and died.