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pincer

noun
🔊/ˈpɪnsə(r)/
🔊/ˈpɪnsər/
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  1. pincers
     [plural] a tool made of two crossed pieces of metal, used for holding things and pulling things, for example nails out of wood钳子
    • a pair of pincers一把钳子
  2. [countable] one of a pair of curved claws of some types of animal, for example crabs and lobsters（蟹、虾等的）螯
    • Crabs normally catch food with their pincers.螃蟹通常用钳子抓食物。
    Topics Fish and shellfishc2
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from Old French pincier ‘to pinch’.