লক্ষ্য করুন: এই এন্ট্রির অনুবাদ বর্তমানে মান পর্যালোচনার অধীনে রয়েছে, তাই কিছু বিষয়বস্তু সাময়িকভাবে শুধুমাত্র ইংরেজিতে প্রদর্শিত হচ্ছে।
এই এন্ট্রিটি এখনও আপনার ভাষায় অনুবাদ করা হয়নি, তাই নিচে মূল লেখাটি দেখানো হচ্ছে।
secateurs
This term refers specifically to the specialized tool used in horticulture for precision cutting. It carries a connotation of careful maintenance and professional gardening, distinguishing it from general-purpose scissors or heavy-duty loppers. The word is primarily used in British English, whereas American English speakers typically use the term pruning shears.
Grammatically, this noun is a plurale tantum, meaning it exists only in the plural form and has no singular counterpart. Because it describes a tool consisting of two blades working together, it always takes a plural verb and cannot be counted as a single unit. To refer to one tool, users must employ the partitive phrase a pair of secateurs.
Meanings
Examples
I need a sharp pair of secateurs to prune these roses.
The gardener carefully cleaned his secateurs after a long day of work.
She used her secateurs to snip away the dead leaves.
These secateurs are far too blunt to cut through this thick stem.
The royal botanist reached for his silver secateurs to trim the exotic orchid.
I should probably oil the spring on these secateurs.