sickle

Word family adjectivesicklednounsicklebillsickle-cell anaemiasicklemansickle

Related topics: Agriculture, Tools, Gardening

sick·le /ˈsɪkəl/ noun [countableC]

TATZa tool with a blade in the shape of a hook, used for cutting wheat or long grass 镰刀

Examples from the Corpus

sickle• Notburga simply threw her sickle in the air, where it stayed until her boss gave in.• The economy was mixed with remains of wheat, grinding stones and iron sickles indicating agriculture alongside the remains of domestic animals.• The twilight sky was lavender and dark enough that Venus was out, hung above a freshly minted sickle moon.• Diagnosis of the clinically severe forms of sickle cell disease is not difficult, providing awareness of the disease is high.• She would then face him and, saying her own sickle needed sharpening, neatly slice off his head.• His beard was mushroom-colored, his eyes were pale as dew, and he carried a rusty sickle.• In the dim light of the December moon, a silver sickle, the landscape was bare no trees, no snow.• In Britain one in ten black people carry the sickle cell gene.

Origin sickle

Old English sicol

单词	sickle
释义	sickle Word family adjectivesicklednounsicklebillsickle-cell anaemiasicklemansickle Related topics: Agriculture, Tools, Gardening sick·le /ˈsɪkəl/ noun [countableC] TATZa tool with a blade in the shape of a hook, used for cutting wheat or long grass 镰刀 Examples from the Corpus sickle• Notburga simply threw her sickle in the air, where it stayed until her boss gave in.• The economy was mixed with remains of wheat, grinding stones and iron sickles indicating agriculture alongside the remains of domestic animals.• The twilight sky was lavender and dark enough that Venus was out, hung above a freshly minted sickle moon.• Diagnosis of the clinically severe forms of sickle cell disease is not difficult, providing awareness of the disease is high.• She would then face him and, saying her own sickle needed sharpening, neatly slice off his head.• His beard was mushroom-colored, his eyes were pale as dew, and he carried a rusty sickle.• In the dim light of the December moon, a silver sickle, the landscape was bare no trees, no snow.• In Britain one in ten black people carry the sickle cell gene. Origin sickle Old English sicol
随便看	let something ride let something slide let something slip let something slip through fingers let something slip through your fingers let something slip (through your fingers) let (something ↔) loose let's roll lets see let's-see lets-see let's see letssee let'ssee let stew let sth be sth let sth down let sth drift let sth drop let sth equal sth let sth go let sth into sth let sth lie let sth off let sth pass