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shears

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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shears /ʃɪəz $ ʃɪrz/ noun [plural]  shears.jpg 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。4  See picture of 见图 GARDENING5 see picture at 见图 garden
Examples from the Corpus
shearsHe 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 ... shearsMadeleine 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.


shearsBrE /ʃɪəz/ 🔊NAmE /ʃɪrz/ 🔊 noun [plural] a garden tool like a very large pair of scissors, used for cutting bushes and hedges 大剪刀(用来修剪灌木、树篱等)a pair of garden shears一把园艺剪   see also pinking shears