shears

noun
🔊/ʃɪəz/
🔊/ʃɪrz/
[plural]
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  1. a garden tool like a very large pair of scissors, used for cutting bushes and hedges大剪刀(用来修剪灌木、树篱等)
    • a pair of garden shears一把园艺剪
    see also pinking shears, pruning shearsTopics Gardensc2
    Word OriginOld English scēara (plural) ‘scissors, cutting instrument’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaar and German Schere, also to shear.