a tool for cutting paper or cloth, that has two sharp blades (= cutting edges) with handles, joined together in the middle 剪刀 a pair of scissors 一把剪刀
Extra ExamplesTopics Appearanceb1Don'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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- blunt
- sharp
- kitchen
- …
- pair
- cut something with
- use
- cut
More Like This Silent lettersSilent lettersWord 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’.