The picture on page 279 shows men using cradle scythes.

第279页的图片显示人们使用摇篮镰刀。

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

它们用尖锐的镰刀或收割工具剪断杂草。

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？

And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow

唉，天下万物没一样躲得过它的镰刀。

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？

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

正午的时候瘟疫开始在城市里蔓延，那些在劫难逃的居民就像小草一样被它的大镰刀斩之麾下。

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的短镰刀几乎和罗马旧农场使用的镰刀一模一样。

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的镰刀，除非你谢世之后留下了儿郎。

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，他通常拿着镰刀。

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

他随身携带着一把镰刀，这是一种刀状的工具，用于砍伐或收割谷物，这也是它名字的由来。