tweezers

noun
🔊/ˈtwiːzəz/
🔊/ˈtwiːzərz/
[plural]
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  1. a small tool with two long, thin parts joined together at one end, used for picking up very small things or for pulling out hairs镊子;小夹钳
    • a pair of tweezers一把镊子
    Topics Appearancec2
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: extended form of obsolete tweeze ‘case of surgical instruments’, shortening of etweese, anglicized plural of etui.