Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - scissors
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Scissors are a small cutting tool with two sharp blades that are screwed together. You use scissors for cutting things such as paper and cloth. He told me to get some scissors... She picked up a pair of scissors from the windowsill. N-PLURAL: also a pair of N ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: Middle English cisours, sisoures, from Middle French cisoires, from Vulgar Latin *caesorium (singular) cutting instrument, from Latin caedere to cut Date: 14th century 1. a cutting instrument having two blades whose cutting edges slide past each other 2. a. a gymnastic feat in which the leg movements suggest the opening and closing of ~ b. ~ hold ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n.pl. 1 (also pair of scissors sing.) an instrument for cutting fabric, paper, hair, etc., having two pivoted blades with finger and thumb holes in the handles, operating by closing on the material to be cut. 2 (treated as sing.) a a method of high-jumping with a forward and backward movement of the legs. b a hold in wrestling in which the opponent's body or esp. head is gripped between the legs. Phrases and idioms scissor-bill = SKIMMER 4. scissor-bird (or -tail) a fork-tailed flycatcher, Tyrannus forficatus. scissors and paste a method of compiling a book, article, etc., from extracts from others or without independent research. Derivatives scissorwise adv. Etymology: ME sisoures f. OF cisoires f. LL cisoria pl. of cisorium cutting instrument (as CHISEL): assoc. with L scindere sciss- cut ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. употр. с глаголом во мн. ч. ножницы (обыкн. a pair of scissors) cutting-out scissors —- портновские ножницы cuticle scissors —- маникюрные ножницы 2. "ножницы", разрыв price scissors —- ножницы цен 3. спорт. ножницы back scissors —- обратное скрещение (самбо) flat body scissors —- обхват туловища ногами (борьба) 4. спорт. прыжок в высоту способом "перешагивание" scissors dismount —- соскок назад с коня скрещением и поворотом на 90 градусов scissors high jump —- прыжок в высоту "перешагиванием" 5. профес. жарг. цензор (фильма и произведений печати) Id: scissors and paste —- литературная компиляция Id: scissors work —- ам. сл. плагиат Id: I have scissors to grind —- сл. мне нужно работать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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and paste компиляция SCISSORS noun; pl. ножницы (тж. a pair of scissors) - scissors and paste ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1380, sisoures, from O.Fr. cisoires (pl.), from V.L. *cisoria (pl.), from *cisus (in compounds such as L. excisus, pp. of excidere "to cutout"). Spelling with sc- is 16c., from influence of M.L. scissor "tailor," from L. "carver, cutter," from pp. stem of scindere "to split." Sense in wrestling is from 1904. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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