The Sun becomes a thick crescent, then a thin one.

而太阳变成一个宽宽镰刀状，然后变窄。

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

它们用尖锐镰刀或收割工具剪断杂草。

We are solving sickle cell in a holistic way.

我们正在以方式治疗镰刀细胞疾病。

That, he said, tapping a moss, used to be one genus, Drepanocladus.

“那个，”他指了指一种苔藓说，“它们原本是一个属，镰刀藓属。

It is time who holds death's sickle.

间是握着死亡镰刀。

The men with sickles went ahead.

拿镰刀走在前头。

Access to care for sickle cell is very far away, and the government has very little resources.

但是想接受镰刀细胞疾病医学治疗实际上有些天方夜谭，政府几乎没有资源进行救助。

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

我不是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.

正午瘟疫开始在城市里蔓延，那些在劫难逃居民就像小草一样被它大镰刀斩之麾下。

Now it's been reorganized into three: Drepanocladus, Wamstorfia, and Hamatacoulis.

镰刀藓属、Warnstorfia和Hamatacoulis。”

And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow

唉，天下万物没一样躲得过它镰刀。

But this sickle-cut movement is, in fact, a huge gamble. Because the Allies could turn back and counterattack.

但镰刀计划书其实是很大赌注，因为盟军可能会回头反击。

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 '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间镰刀，除非你谢世之后留下了儿郎。

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？

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，这是一种刀状工具，用于砍伐或收割谷物，这也是它名字由来。

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。

Shakespeare compares the curved blade of the sickle, to the curved arcs that the compass helps us draw.

莎士比亚把镰刀弯曲刀刃比作指南针，虽不敌其镰刀辣手。

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，他通常拿着镰刀。

The forests fell before the ax like grain before the sickle.

森林在斧头面前倒下，就像谷物在镰刀前倒下一样。