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tongs
noun[ plural ]
uk /tɒŋz/ us /tɑːŋz/
a device used for picking up objects, consisting of two long pieces joined at one end and pressed together at the other end in order to hold an object between them: 钳子
coal tongs火钳
a pair of tongs一把钳子
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→ curling tongs（同 curling tongs）
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tongs | American Dictionary
tongs
plural noun
us/tɔŋz, tɑŋz/
a device, often U-shaped, having long sides for picking up objects without touching them, used by pressing or moving the sides together until the free ends hold the object:
She moved the smoldering logs around in the fireplace with a set of tongs.
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