scythe
英 [sa?e]
美[sa?e]
- n. 长柄大镰刀；钐刀
- vt. 用大镰刀割
TEM4GRE扩展词汇
词态变化
复数:?scythes;第三人称单数:?scythes;过去式:?scythed;过去分词:?scythed;现在分词:?scything;
助记提示
1. scind- / sciss- => scyth- + -e.
中文词源
scythe 镰刀
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.
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 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.
- 汤姆, 只是胳膊给割破了--在草田里摔在镰刀上了.
来自辞典例句