scythe

• 一种长柄大镰刀，装有弯曲的长刃，双手握持，用于贴地平行挥动来割草或收割庄稼。

A tool with a long handle and a curved blade, held with both hands and used for cutting grass or crops by swinging the blade parallel to the ground.

1. Cutting toolB2formal

   A farming tool with a long handle and a curved blade, used for cutting grass or grain by hand.

   镰刀

   • The farmer sharpened his scythe before mowing the field.
   • She used a scythe to cut the tall grass in the meadow.
   • The old painting showed a man holding a scythe.

• 动词，指用长柄镰刀割或收割（如割草、割庄稼），也比喻像镰刀一样迅速而具破坏性地横扫或穿过某物。

A verb meaning to cut or mow with a scythe, or to move through something swiftly and destructively.

1. Cut with a scytheB2formal

   To cut down grass, grain, or other vegetation using a scythe.

   用镰刀割

   • The farmer scythed the tall grass in the field.
   • He scythed the wheat before the storm arrived.
   • She carefully scythed the weeds along the fence line.

   同义词cutmowreap