| 单词 | scythe |
| 释义 | scythe (once / 2440 pages) nv A scythe is a sharp, curved blade used for mowing or reaping. While farmers use it to cut plants, the grim reaper uses it to, well, scare you to death. In Old English, scythe was spelled siðe. Since there is no longer an ð in modern English, scythe became the accepted form of the word in the early 15th century. It drew its sc- start from the Latin scissor, meaning “carver, cutter.” Farmers use these tools to slice and trim grass and other plant stalks. Napoleon Bonaparte once noted that “Occupation is the scythe of time,” meaning that work mows down or diminishes time. WORD FAMILYscythe: scythed, scythes, scything USAGE EXAMPLESAnite Figaro remembers the night her isolated mountain community fled their homes in October as Hurricane Matthew scythed across south-west Haiti. The Guardian(Dec 13, 2016) Frank Graves describes the machine guns and watching lines of men being "cut down like grass from a scythe". BBC(Nov 15, 2016) The 2010 and 2014 wave elections, like scythes in a wheat field, decapitated a rising generation of potential party leaders. Washington Post(Nov 09, 2016) 1n 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 Hyper edge tool any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge) 2v cut with a scythe scythe grass or grain Hyper cut down, mow cut with a blade or mower |
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