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scythe n. 长柄的大镰刀,战车镰
vt. 以大镰刀割 长柄的大镰刀,战车镰以大镰刀割 scythe n 1: an edge tool for cutting grass; has a long handle that must be held with both hands and a curved blade that moves parallel to the ground v 1: cut with a scythe; " scythe grass or grain" Scythe \ Scythe\, v. t. To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Time had not scythed all that youth begun. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Scythe \ Scythe\ ( s[ imac] th), n. [ OE. sithe, AS. s[ imac][ eth] e, sig[ eth] e; akin to Icel. sig[ eth] r a sickle, LG. segd, seged, seed, seid, OHG. segansa sickle, scythe, G. sense scythe, and to E. saw a cutting instrument. See { Saw}.] [ Written also { sithe} and { sythe}.] 1. An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use. [ 1913 Webster] The sharp- edged scythe shears up the spiring grass. -- Drayton. [ 1913 Webster] Whatever thing The scythe of Time mows down. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Antiq.) A scythe- shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots. [ 1913 Webster]
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