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单词 scything
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
scythe /saɪð/USA pronunciation   n., v., scythed, scyth•ing. 
n. [countable]
  1. Agriculturea tool that is a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.

v. [+ object]
  1. Agricultureto cut or mow with a scythe.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
scythe  (sīᵺ),USA pronunciation n., v., scythed, scyth•ing. 
n. 
  1. Agriculturean agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.

v.t. 
  1. Agricultureto cut or mow with a scythe.
  • bef. 900; Middle English sith, Old English sīthe, earlier sigdi; cognate with Old Norse sigthr; spelling sc by pseudoetymological association with Latin scindere to cut or with scissors
scytheless, adj. 
scythelike′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
scythe /saɪð/ n
  1. a manual implement for cutting grass, etc, having a long handle held with both hands and a curved sharpened blade that moves in a plane parallel to the ground
vb
  1. (transitive) to cut (grass, etc) with a scythe
Etymology: Old English sigthe; related to Old Norse sigthr, Old High German segansa
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