a tool for cutting paper or cloth, that has two sharp blades (= cutting edges) with handles, joined together in the middle剪刀 see also nail scissorsExtra Examples- Don't use these scissors to cut paper or card.不要用这把剪刀剪纸或卡片。
- These scissors don't cut very well.这把剪刀不太快。
Topics Appearanceb1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective… of scissorsverb + scissorsscissors + verbSee full entry More Like This Silent lettersSilent letters Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French cisoires, from late Latin cisoria, plural of cisorium ‘cutting instrument’, from cis-, variant of caes-, stem of caedere ‘to cut’. The spelling with sc- (16th cent.) was by association with the Latin stem sciss- ‘cut’.
