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tweezers
 tweezersleft: cross-locking jeweler's tweezersright: slanted-tip eyebrow tweezerstweez·ers T0433900 (twē′zərz)pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Small pincers, usually of metal, used for plucking or handling small objects.
[From obsolete tweezes, pl. of tweeze, a case for tweezers or other small instruments, alteration of etweese, from French étuis, pl. of étui; see étui.]tweezers (ˈtwiːzəz) pl n (Tools) a small pincer-like instrument for handling small objects, plucking out hairs, etc. Also called: pair of tweezers or tweezer (esp US)[C17: plural of tweezer (on the model of scissors, etc), from tweeze case of instruments, from French étuis cases (of instruments), from Old French estuier to preserve, from Vulgar Latin studiāre (unattested) to keep, from Latin studēre to care about]tweez•ers (ˈtwi zərz)
n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) small pincers or nippers for plucking out hairs, extracting splinters, picking up small objects, etc. [1645–55; pl. of tweezer= obsolete tweeze case of surgical instruments (aph. form of earlier etweese < French étuis, pl. of étui, n. derivative of étuier to keep < Latin stūdiāre to care for) + -er1] Translationstweezers (ˈtwiːzəz) noun plural a tool for gripping or pulling hairs, small objects etc. She used a pair of tweezers to pluck her eyebrows. 鑷子 镊子tweezers
tweez·ers (twēz'ĕrz), An instrument with pincers that are squeezed together to grasp or extract fine structures. See: forceps. [A.S. twisel, fork] tweezers An instrument with pincers used to grasp or extract. See Optical tweezers. |