scissors
noun [ plural ] uk/ˈsɪz.əz/ us/ˈsɪz.ɚz/
A2 剪刀
a device used for cutting materials such as paper, cloth, and hair, consisting of two sharp blades that are joined in the middle, and two handles with holes to put your fingers through
a pair of scissors 一把剪刀
Could you pass me the/those scissors, please? 请你把那把剪刀递给我,好吗?
- More examples
- left-handed scissors
- Never mess around with scissors.
- Use scissors to cut the shapes out.
- Do you have any nail scissors?
- kitchen scissors
Idiom
scissors and pasteidiom mainly disapproving (作品等)东拼西凑的
If something such as a piece of writing is a scissors and paste job, it is not original, but is made up from parts of other people's work.