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单词 forceps
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
for•ceps /ˈfɔrsəps, -sɛps/USA pronunciation   n. [plural]
  1. Surgeryan instrument for grasping objects firmly, as in surgical operations.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
for•ceps  (fôr′səps, -seps),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ceps, -ci•pes 
    (-sə pēz′).USA pronunciation 
  1. Surgeryan instrument, as pincers or tongs, for seizing and holding objects, as in surgical operations.
  2. Anatomy, Zoologya part or feature resembling a forceps, esp. a pair of appendages at the posterior of certain insects.
  • Latin: pair of tongs, pincers, said to be a contraction of *formiceps, equivalent. to form(us) warm + -i- -i- + -ceps -taker, derivative of capere to take (compare prince), i.e., that which takes hot things; compare, however, forpex, forfex tongs, shears, from which forceps may have been formed by folk etymology, etymological
  • 1625–35;
for′ceps•like′, adj. 
for•cip•i•al  (fôr sip′ē əl),USA pronunciation adj. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
forceps /ˈfɔːsɪps/ n ( pl -ceps, -cipes / -sɪˌpiːz/)
  1. a surgical instrument in the form of a pair of pincers, used esp in the delivery of babies
  2. (as modifier): a forceps baby
  3. any part or structure of an organism shaped like a forceps
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin, from formus hot + capere to seize
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