shears
ハサミ
解説 Definition
shears は shear（切る、刈る、またはその道具）の複数形です。主に庭木や羊毛、金属などを切る大きなはさみを指し、道具名として複数形で使われることが多い語です。
Shears are a large cutting tool with two blades joined together, used for tasks such as trimming hedges, cutting cloth or metal, and removing wool from sheep. The noun is normally plural in form and can be counted with the expression a pair of shears.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
shear「切る、刈る」と同じ語族で、二枚の刃を持つ大型のはさみを指します。形は複数形で、道具一つでも these shears are のように複数扱いし、数えるときは a pair of shears とします。garden shears、hedge shears、tailor's shears など用途との組み合わせで覚えます。
Connect shears with the verb shear, “to cut,” especially when removing wool or trimming something. Unlike ordinary scissors, shears are typically larger or designed for heavier, specialized cutting. Picture two strong blades closing around a hedge branch or a thick piece of cloth. Because the tool has two matching blades, English normally treats shears as plural: these shears are sharp. To count one tool, say a pair of shears. Useful combinations include garden shears, hedge shears, and tailor’s shears.
例文
These shears are sharp enough to cut thick branches.
このはさみは太い枝を切れるほどよく切れます。
She cleaned the garden shears after trimming the hedge.
彼女は生け垣を刈った後、庭木ばさみをきれいにしました。
The tailor kept heavy shears on the cutting table.
仕立て屋は裁断台の上に重い裁ちばさみを置いていました。
shears の類義語・関連語
shears の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 scearra に由来し、さらにゲルマン祖語 *sker-、印欧祖語 *sker-「切る」へさかのぼる語です。語根そのものが「切る」なので shears がハサミを表すのは直感的で、刃が二枚でも語形は古くから複数扱いです。関連語は shear, share。
Shears is historically the plural of shear, a cutting instrument or the act of cutting. The word goes back to Old English forms such as sceara and belongs to a Germanic family associated with cutting, ultimately linked to the Indo-European root sker-, “to cut.” Its plural form became conventional for the two-bladed tool, much like scissors, although singular shear remains in specialized uses.
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