shears
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++shears /ʃɪəz $ ʃɪrz/ noun [plural]
DLGTICa heavy tool for cutting, like a big pair of scissors 大剪刀 Sam was trimming the hedge with a pair of garden shears. 萨姆拿着一把园艺剪刀正在修剪树篱。 →5 see picture at 见图 garden
Examples from the Corpus
shears• He picked up a thick pair of cutting shears and trimmed a betel nut.• Because it is ripstop, and fraying is therefore limited, pinking shears would only be decorative and not at all necessary.• Cattle are raised for slaughter, sheep for the shears.• These shears are not generally available to the public, so take this opportunity to acquire a pair now.• With shears from her basket, the Pysillian trimmed the wick, to steady it.• You will go through our comic, existential garden with your shears and you will never water the lupins.pair of ... shears• Madeleine picked up a pair of pinking shears and began to slice through the material.• He picked up a thick pair of cutting shears and trimmed a betel nut.shears nounChinese
for a big cutting, scissors pair heavy like a of Corpus tool
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shears
shears /ʃɪəz $ ʃɪrz/
noun [plural]

a heavy tool for cutting, like a big pair of scissors:
Sam was trimming the hedge with a pair of garden shears.
shears /ʃɪəz $ ʃɪrz/
noun [plural]
a heavy tool for cutting, like a big pair of scissors: