单词 | pincer |
释义 | pin·cer (pĭnsər) also pinch·er (pĭnsər) n. 1. a. often pincers or pinchers A grasping tool having two parts hinged together to work in opposition. b. One of the opposing parts in such a tool. 2. a. A claw resembling such a tool, as of a lobster or scorpion; a chela. b. pincers or pinchers A pair of mandibles or other appendages used by certain arthropods for grasping, as the cerci of an earwig. 3. A military maneuver in which an enemy force is attacked from two flanks and the front. [Middle English pinsours, pincers, from Anglo-Norman pynceour, from pincer, to pinch; see PINCH.] |
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