scythe

来自古英语 sigthi,镰刀，来自 Proto-Germanic*segithoz,切割工具，来自 PIE*sek,砍，词源同 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 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.

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

两个人正试图割掉疯长的草。

2. He's cutting grass with a scythe.

他正在用一把大镰刀割草.

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.

4. I saw you wield scythe once.

我曾经见过你挥舞镰刀.

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

汤姆, 只是胳膊给割破了--在草田里摔在镰刀上了.