英语词汇“scything”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

scything

释义

▪ I. scything, ppl. a.|ˈsaɪðɪŋ|
[f. scythe v. + -ing².]
That cuts like a scythe; having the sweeping action of a scythe. Also fig.
1822‘B. Cornwall’ Flood of Thessaly i. 448 Fierce as the North In March, when scything blasts strip all the bones.1960E. Hamilton Great Teresa i. 37 The black, scything wings of swifts dipping and swerving.1963Times 17 May 5/4 Smith's scything forehand stroke.1978Daily Tel. 18 Feb. 1 Some victims were killed by collapsing masonry and scything debris.
▪ II. scything, vbl. n.|ˈsaɪðɪŋ|
[f. scythe v. + -ing¹.]
The action of the verb; the result of this, scythed grass, etc. Also fig.
1969Gloss. Landscape Work (B.S.I.) v. 21 Scything, 1. The cutting of grass with a scythe. 2. Now usually the cutting of long grass, or other vegetation, either with a scythe or by a machine with reciprocating blades.1969M. Poole in R. Blythe Akenfield xii. 196 Back she arrived later when I was lying on the scythings.1978Maledicta II. 232 In order to give you a taste of the ‘vilest venom’ of scholarly verbal aggression mentioned in our first issue..I wish to share with you excerpts from Zizi Quirk's scything of Maledicta.

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