scythe: [OE] Scythe goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base *sek- ‘cut’, source also of English section, segment, sickle, etc. Its Germanic descendant was *seg-, which produced the noun *segithō, source of English scythe (the variant *sag- lies behind English saw). Until the 17th century the word was generally spelled sythe; modern scythe is due to the influence of scissors. => section, segment, sickle
scythe (n.)
Old English siðe, sigði, from Proto-Germanic *segithoz (cognates: Middle Low German segede, Middle Dutch sichte, Old High German segensa, German Sense), from PIE root *sek- "to cut" (see section (n.)). The sc- spelling crept in early 15c., from influence of Latin scissor "carver, cutter" and scindere "to cut." Compare French scier "saw," a false spelling from sier.
scythe (v.)
1570s, "use a scythe;" 1590s "to mow;" from scythe (n.). From 1897 as "move with the sweeping motion of a scythe." Related: Scythed; scything.
实用例句
1. Two men were attempting to scythe the long grass.
两个人正试图割掉疯长的草。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He's cutting grass with a scythe.
他正在用一把大镰刀割草.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. He was very busy, putting an edge on a scythe.
他正忙着干活, 在磨一把长柄大镰刀的刃儿.
来自辞典例句
4. I saw you wield scythe once.
我曾经见过你挥舞镰刀.
来自辞典例句
5. Tom, just cut his arm with a scythe , tumbled on it in the hayfield.
