单词 | iron shears |
释义 | > as lemmasiron shears iron shears n. a machine or hand tool for cutting iron or steel.Sometimes difficult to distinguish from examples meaning ‘shears made of iron’; cf. iron adj. 1. ΚΠ 1837 New Eng. Farmer 21 June 396/2 The ease with which immense bars are cut off by huge iron shears, almost staggers credibility. 1914 Amer. Machinist 19 Feb. 332/1 The Missouri supreme Court decided that an assistant in the operation of iron shears assumed the risk of stumbling while walking near the machine. 1987 Technol. & Culture 28 662 A smith from the late 19th century had many tools and machines not available to earlier craftsmen—iron shears, mechanical blowers, post drills, reliable hacksaws. < as lemmas |
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