- 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
- [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. 螃蟹通常用钳子捕捉食物。
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from Old French pincier ‘to pinch’.