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with a scythe
scythe 是可数名词，指长柄大镰刀，通常用手握持。
The farmer cut the grass with a scythe.
那位农民用大镰刀割草。
长柄大镰刀；大钐镰
scythes — plural of scythe
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长柄大镰刀；大钐镰
a tool with a long handle and a curved blade, used for cutting grass
The farmer cut the grass with a scythe.
那位农民用大镰刀割草。
一种手持的割草、割谷等工具,由长而弯曲的带锋利凹刃的刀片和长柄(snath)组成。
An instrument for mowing grass, grain, etc. by hand, composed of a long, curving blade with a sharp concave edge, fastened to a long handle called a snath.
一种割草用的刃具；长柄需双手握持,弯曲的刀片与地面平行移动。
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
第十张雷诺曼牌。
The tenth Lenormand card.
The farmer sharpened his scythe before mowing the meadow.
农夫在割草地之前磨快了他的长柄大镰刀。
She cut the tall grass with an old scythe.
她用一把旧长柄大镰刀割高高的草。
The scythe needs a new handle before we can use it.
这把长柄大镰刀需要换一个新手柄，然后我们才能使用它。
scythe 是可数名词，指长柄大镰刀，通常用手握持。
The farmer cut the grass with a scythe.
那位农民用大镰刀割草。
scythe 作动词时是及物动词，后接直接宾语，表示用大镰刀割某物。
She scythed the weeds in the backyard.
她用大镰刀割掉了后院的杂草。
被动语态表示动作的对象，常后接 by 短语说明施动者。
The field was scythed by the workers.
这块地由工人们用大镰刀割完了。
Not this
He used scythe to cut the grass.
Use this
He used a scythe to cut the grass.
scythe 是可数名词，单数形式作宾语时前面要有冠词或限定词；汉语没有冠词，所以不能说 used scythe，必须说 used a scythe。
Not this
He scythe the grass every summer.
Use this
He scythes the grass every summer.
主语是第三人称单数 He，一般现在时的谓语动词要加 -s/-es；scythe 的第三人称单数形式是 scythes，不能保持原形。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
挥动长柄大镰刀
He swung the scythe in a wide arc to cut the ripe wheat.
他挥动长柄大镰刀，划出一道大弧线收割成熟的小麦。
磨镰刀
The farmer sharpened his scythe before starting work at dawn.
农夫在黎明开工前磨好了他的镰刀。
镰刀刃
The scythe blade must be kept clean and dry after use.
镰刀刃使用后必须保持清洁干燥。
镰刀柄
He gripped the scythe handle with both hands and began mowing.
他双手握住镰刀柄，开始割草。
用镰刀割倒
The workers scythed down the tall weeds along the fence.
工人们用镰刀割倒了篱笆旁高高的野草。
迅速而猛烈地扫过；大量摧毁或击败，势如破竹
She scythed through the field to take the gold medal.
她势如破竹地甩开所有对手，夺得金牌。
像用大镰刀割草一样大批杀死、摧毁或击败
The plague scythed down thousands of people in the city.
这场瘟疫像割草般夺走了城里数千人的生命。
没有什么能够抵御时光之镰，唯有繁衍后代，才能在他把你带走时勇敢面对。
From Shakespeare's Sonnet 12, this couplet personifies Time as a reaper with a scythe, warning that youth and beauty fade but can be preserved through one's children.
出自莎士比亚十四行诗第12首。这两行把时间比作手持镰刀的收割者，警示青春与美丽终将消逝，唯有子嗣能让生命延续。
Use scythes naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
scythe 读作/sɪθ/，像'西斯'（Sith）。想象一个西斯武士握住长柄大镰刀，弯刃贴地收割，c不发音。
语域：mixed 常见场景：农田劳作、历史题材作品、文学意象 scythe 作名词指长柄大镰刀，语气通常中性，但比较常见于农耕、园艺或历史、文学语境；作动词“用镰刀割”时多用于书面或比喻性描写。整体语体随用法在普通与书面/文学之间变化。
与 scythe /sɪθ/ 真正押韵的是以 /ɪθ/ 结尾的词：with、pith、myth、smith。注意 lithe 和 tithe 虽然拼写都以 -the 结尾，却读作 /laɪð/ 和 /taɪð/，与 scythe 不押韵；另外 scythe 拼写中的 c 不发音。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.