tweezers

IPA/ˈtwiːzəz/
KK[twˈizɚz]IPA/ˈtwiːzərz/

tweezers — noun

1. a handheld device with two thin metal blades that close at only one tip; you pre

1.名詞B1
釋義

a handheld device with two thin metal blades that close at only one tip; you press the blades together to hold hairs or tiny objects between their ends

例句

Meera used a pair of tweezers to pluck a stray eyebrow hair that bothered her.

collocation: a pair of tweezers

Felix carefully picked the tiny glass splinter out of his finger with tweezers.

同義詞
  • forceps

    larger medical tool used by doctors for gripping tissue or objects; tweezers are smaller and for personal or craft use

  • pincers

    larger, heavier tool with a gripping mechanism, used for woodworking or metalwork — not for fine tasks

  • pluckers

    informal term sometimes used in beauty contexts, less precise than 'tweezers'

文法句型

a pair of tweezers + singular verb

tweezers + plural verb

用法筆記

Tweezers is treated as a plural noun in English. When referring to one tool, use 'a pair of tweezers' with a singular verb (e.g. 'A pair of tweezers is in the drawer').

常見錯誤

❌I need a tweezers.
✅I need a pair of tweezers.
💡'tweezers' is a plural noun; use 'a pair of' to refer to one tool.
❌The tweezers is too blunt.
✅The tweezers are too blunt.
💡even without 'a pair of', the verb should be plural.