forceps

英['fɔːseps;-sɪps] 美['fɔrsɛps]
  • n. [医] 钳子;医用镊子

词态变化


复数: forcipes forceps;

助记提示


1、contracted from *formi-caps, from formus "hot" (see warm) and capere "take, hold".
2、Originally a smith's implement. 最初用于表示铁匠、锻工所使用得工具,后来才由此引申为如今的含义。
3、该词最后的字母“s”,也许是由于该工具是由一对铰合在一起的。

中文词源


forceps 镊子

来自拉丁语forceps, 镊子,钳子。来自formus, 热的,词源同warm. -cep, 拿,握,词源同capable, accept. 原指铁匠的钳子,后用于医学名词镊子。

英文词源


forceps (n.)
1560s, from Latin forceps "pair of tongs, pincers," apparently literally "something with which to grasp hot things," a compound of formus "hot" (see warm (adj.)) + root of capere "to hold, take" (see capable). Originally a smith's implement. The classical plural is forcipes. Related: Forcipal.

双语例句


1. a pair of forceps
一把镊子

来自《权威词典》

2. The figures show an increase in forceps deliveries.
数字显示产钳分娩数量增多.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. He recognized me and waved a forceps.
他倒还认得我,挥一挥钳子.

来自辞典例句

4. I'll need some lap pads, forceps , metzenbaums and satinsky clamps.
我需要一些包垫, 镊子, 以及夹钳.

来自电影对白

5. Methods It was used in phacoemulsification for dividing nuclear with capsulorhexis forceps.
方法25例(25眼)老年性白内障晶状体超声乳化吸出术采用撕囊镊分核技术.

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