forceps

名词 forceps:

1. an extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies)

1. In a little while she delivered the baby with forceps.
   一会儿她就用钳子把孩子接下来了。
2. Shaped like or resembling forceps.
   钳形的形状象钳子的或与其极为相似的

for.ceps

n.（名词）
【复数】 forceps
An instrument resembling a pair of pincers or tongs, used for grasping, manipulating, or extracting, especially such an instrument used by a surgeon.
钳子，镊子：象钳子或夹子的一种器械，用来夹、操纵或抽取，尤其指外科医生用的这样的器具
A pincerlike pair of movable appendages at the posterior end of the abdomen in certain insects, such as earwigs.
尾铗：一种形如钳子的可移动附属物，附着在某些昆虫腹部的后端，比如蠼螋

来源：
Latin [fire tongs, pincers] * see g wher-
拉丁语 [火夹，钳子] *参见 g wher-