Although copper and stone tools continued to be used, bronze was far more successful in creating sharp edges that could be used as anything from saws and scythes to weapons.

尽管青铜器和石器还在继续被使用，但青铜在用于制造带有锋利边缘的物件方面要成功得多，这可以应用于从锯子、镰刀到武器等任何东西。

The guards dragged him away to a dark dungeon, in the middle of which was a deep well with sharp scythes all round it.

卫兵们把牧羊人拖向黑暗的地牢，地牢的中间是一个深井，四周插满了尖利的长镰。

When the shepherd was dragged to the dungeons he begged the guards to leave him alone a little while that he might look down into the pit of scythes;

当牧羊人被拖到地牢的时候，他请求卫兵们让他独自呆一小会儿，好让他可以向插满长镰的井里仔细看一看，也许看过之后他就会决定对着国王说“祝您健康”了。

He sharpened the scythes on a grindstone, slaughtered a pig, caught and salted fish, ground barley in a water-driven grist-mill and grew and stored potatoes.

他要磨刀、杀猪、捉鱼、腌鱼，还要去水动力磨坊磨荞麦，还要种土豆，并储存起来。

He sharpened the scythes on the grindstone, slaughtered a pig, caught and salted fish, ground barley in a water-driven gristmill and grew and stored potatoes.

他用砂轮磨镰刀，宰猪，抓鱼腌鱼，在水磨坊碾大麦，种土豆收土豆。

Women chopped tall grass with hand-held scythes, loading the green stuff into wire baskets balanced on either end of a long wooden pole carried across their shoulders.

妇女们操著长镰刀在割草，然后将草装到篾筐里用扁担挑走。

And the Lord was with Juda, and he possessed the hill country: but was not able to destroy the inhabitants of the valley, because they had many chariots armed with scythes.

上主与犹大同在，因此，他占据了山地，但不能赶走平原的居民，因为他们有铁甲车。

Our King has many scythes, and is perpetually mowing His lawns. The musical tinkle of the whetstone on the scythe portends the cutting down of myriads of green blades, daisies and other flowers.

我们的王有许多镰刀，永远在刈割祂的草地，磨刀霍霍之声，预告着要割去草的数种绿叶，和雏菊等一些杂在草中的野花。