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sickle 音标拼音: [s'ɪkəl] n. 镰刀 镰刀 sickle n 1: an edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle [ synonym: { sickle}, { reaping hook}, { reap hook}] Sickle \ Sic" kle\, n. [ OE. sikel, AS. sicol; akin to D. sikkel, G. sichel, OHG. sihhila, Dan. segel, segl, L. secula, fr. secare to cut; or perhaps from L. secula. See { Saw} a cutting instrument.] 1. A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge. Cf. { Reaping hook}, under { Reap}. [ 1913 Webster] When corn has once felt the sickle, it has no more benefit from the sunshine. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Astron.) A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See Illust. of { Leo}. [ 1913 Webster] { Sickle pod} ( Bot.), a kind of rock cress ({ Arabis Canadensis}) having very long curved pods. [ 1913 Webster]
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