English Dictionary

pincers

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpɪnsəɹz/

名詞

複数形 複数形のみ

A gripping tool, pivoted like a pair of scissors, but with blunt jaws. / The front claws of crustaceans such as lobsters.

日本語の意味

はさみのような形をした、グリップするための道具（鉗子） / ロブスターなどの甲殻類の前方にある鋏状の爪

He used the pincers to pull the stubborn nail out of the floorboard.

彼は床板から手強い釘を引き抜くためにペンチを使った。

意味（1）

A gripping tool, pivoted like a pair of scissors, but with blunt jaws.

Milk formed their chief diet, and this they were supposed to imbibe from the witch herself, from a third teat which had been made beneath the arm by a nip from the Devil's pincers.

意味（2）

The front claws of crustaceans such as lobsters.