He had stayed so close that the old man was afraid he would cut the line with his tail which was sharp as a scythe and almost of that size and shape.

这雄鱼离钓索好近，老人生怕会用尾巴把钓索割断，这尾巴象大镰刀般锋利，大小和形状都和大镰刀差不多。

They cut it with long sharp scythes, or with reaping machines.

们用尖锐镰刀或收割工具剪断杂草。

The picture on page 279 shows men using cradle scythes.

第279页图片显示人们使用摇篮镰刀。

As it increased, and the sullen roaring announced its power, it cleared everything before it, leaving the black and smoking soil far more naked than if the scythe had swept the place.

一旦火苗烧起来之后，火苗发出沉闷燃烧声，似乎宣告力量，清除前方所有障碍，只留下烧过乌黑土地，像一把大镰刀扫过一样。

And the scythe, well, it does a pretty good job of getting the idea across, a tool used for harvesting crops by swinging and cutting them down quickly and violently.

而镰刀呢，很好地这样一个想法，因为是用于收割农作物工具，通过挥舞镰刀，快速、猛烈地进行砍伐。

A sickle has a longer handle and a larger blade, so think of a scythe as big daddy's death, and a sickle as a gift for his firstborn's, first birthday.

“Sickle”有更长柄和更大刀片，所以把“Sickle”看作死亡象征，而“scythe”是给他第一个孩子生日礼物。

And nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defense, Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence.

所以没有什么能挡住时间镰刀，除非你谢世之后留下儿郎。

I'm not asking you to wield a scythe, but, I mean, who has an under-butler these days?

我不是要你挥舞镰刀大开杀戒，但如今谁家还有副管家？

Pestilence stalked at noonday through the city, and the doomed inhabitants fell like grass beneath his scythe.

正午时候瘟疫开始在城市里蔓延，那些在劫难逃居民像小草一样被大镰刀斩之麾下。

The scythe symbolized death's ability to strike us down in large numbers, and with a plague in the streets, you can see why it made sense.

镰刀象征死神可以击倒我们很多人，尤其是在街头发生瘟疫情况下，你可以理解为什么携带这种意义。

The short scythes used on the McCormick place were almost exactly like the scythes used on the old farms of Rome.

在麦考密克地区使用短镰刀几乎和罗马旧农场使用镰刀一模一样。

Whenever the grim reaper is depicted in films and TV shows, he's usually shown holding a sickle or a scythe.

每当电影和电视节目中描绘死神时，他通常拿镰刀。

He carries with him a scythe, a large knife-like tool used to cut down or reap grain, hence the name.

他随身携带一把镰刀，这是一种刀状工具，用于砍伐或收割谷物，这也是名字由来。

It was higher than a big scythe blade and a very pale lavender above the dark blue water.

这尾巴比一把大镰刀刀刃更高，是极淡浅紫色，竖在深蓝色海面上。

And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow

唉，天下万物没一样躲得过镰刀。

But hang on a minute, what's the difference between a sickle and a scythe?

但是等一下，镰刀和但是等一下，sickle 和 scythe 有什么区别？

The men who had the scythes with the long handles and blades did not need to hold the grain as they cut it.

拿长柄长柄镰刀人在割麦子时候，不需要用手去拿。

There's a reason why scythes became like a staple of horror movies, just because it's just intimidating.

镰刀之所以成为恐怖电影标配， 是有原因，是因为令人望而生畏。

Fifty years went by, and the sons and grandsons of the first McCormick who had settled in the Shenandoah Valley were still harvesting their grain with the cradle scythe.

五十年过去，第一个定居在谢南多亚山谷麦考密克子孙们还在用摇篮镰刀收割他们粮食。

Cyrus Hall McCormick had spent many a weary day swinging a scythe back and forth across the fields of golden grain.

赛勒斯·霍尔·麦考密克在金色麦谷地里挥舞镰刀，度过许多劳累日子。