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.
例文
1. Two men were attempting to scythe the long grass.
2人は気の狂った草を切ろうとしている。
2.He 's cutting grass with a scythe .
彼は大きな鎌で草を刈っている。
3.He was very busy，putting an edge on a scythe .
彼は忙しく働いていて、長い柄の大きな鎌の刃を磨いています。
4.I saw you wield scythe once.
鎌を振り回しているのを見たことがある。
5.Tom，just cut his arm with a scythe ，tumbled on it in the hayfield.