| 单词 | forceps |
| 释义 | forceps —forcepslike, adj. —forcipial /fawr sip"ee euhl/, adj. /fawr"seuhps, -seps/, n. , pl. forceps, forcipes /-seuh peez'/. 1. an instrument, as pincers or tongs, for seizing and holding objects, as in surgical operations. 2. Anat. , Zool. a part or feature resembling a forceps, esp. a pair of appendages at the posterior of certain insects. [1625-35; < L: pair of tongs, pincers, said to be a contr. of *formiceps, equiv. to form(us) warm + -i- -I- + -ceps -taker, deriv. of capere to take (cf. PRINCE), i.e., that which takes hot things; cf., however, forpex, forfex tongs, shears, from which forceps may have been formed by folk etym.] |
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