• n. 長柄大鐮刀；釤刀
• vt. 用大鐮刀割

來自古英語 sigthi,鐮刀，來自 Proto-Germanic*segithoz,切割工具，來自 PIE*sek,砍，詞源同 segment,section.

scythe

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 siee, sigei, 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.

1. Two men were attempting to scythe the long grass.

兩個人正試圖割掉瘋長的草。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He's cutting grass with a scythe.

他正在用一把大鐮刀割草.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. He was very busy, putting an edge on a scythe.

他正忙著干活, 在磨一把長柄大鐮刀的刃兒.

來自辭典例句

4. I saw you wield scythe once.

我曾經見過你揮舞鐮刀.

來自辭典例句

5. Tom, just cut his arm with a scythe , tumbled on it in the hayfield.

湯姆, 只是胳膊給割破了--在草田里摔在鐮刀上了.

來自辭典例句