an instrument used by doctors or scientists, with two long thin parts for picking up and holding things （医生用的）镊子，钳子 a pair of forceps 一把镊子 a forceps delivery (= a birth in which the baby is delivered with the help of forceps) 产钳分娩
Oxford Collocations DictionaryForceps is used before these nouns:- delivery
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin, ‘tongs, pincers’.