英文字典中文字典


英文字典中文字典51ZiDian.com



中文字典辞典   英文字典 a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h   i   j   k   l   m   n   o   p   q   r   s   t   u   v   w   x   y   z       







请输入英文单字,中文词皆可:

skies    音标拼音: [sk'ɑɪz]
n. 天空

天空

Sky \Sky\ (sk[imac]), n.; pl. {Skies} (sk[imac]z). [OE. skie a
cloud, Icel. sk[=y]; akin to Sw. & Dan. sky; cf. AS. sc[=u]a,
sc[=u]wa, shadow, Icel. skuggi; probably from the same root
as E. scum. [root]158. See {Scum}, and cf. {Hide} skin,
{Obscure}.]
1. A cloud. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

[A wind] that blew so hideously and high,
That it ne lefte not a sky
In all the welkin long and broad. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]

2. Hence, a shadow. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

She passeth as it were a sky. --Gower.
[1913 Webster]

3. The apparent arch, or vault, of heaven, which in a clear
day is of a blue color; the heavens; the firmament; --
sometimes in the plural.
[1913 Webster]

The Norweyan banners flout the sky. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

4. The wheather; the climate.
[1913 Webster]

Thou wert better in thy grave than to answer with
thy uncovered body this extremity of the skies.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]

Note: Sky is often used adjectively or in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, sky color, skylight,
sky-aspiring, sky-born, sky-pointing, sky-roofed, etc.
[1913 Webster]

{Sky blue}, an azure color.

{Sky scraper} (Naut.), a skysail of a triangular form.
--Totten.

{Under open sky}, out of doors. "Under open sky adored."
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]


请选择你想看的字典辞典:
单词字典翻译
skies查看 skies 在百度字典中的解释百度英翻中〔查看〕
skies查看 skies 在Google字典中的解释Google英翻中〔查看〕
skies查看 skies 在Yahoo字典中的解释Yahoo英翻中〔查看〕





安装中文字典英文字典查询工具!


中文字典英文字典工具:
选择颜色:
输入中英文单字

































































英文字典中文字典相关资料:


  • idiomatic language - When do we say skies instead of sky? - English . . .
    When you talk about "skies" you are comparing different instances of the big thing above you, and emphasizing its changing characteristics A night sky is beautiful and full of stars
  • grammatical number - Using skies instead of sky - English Language . . .
    Skies is a poetic literary word used to mean heaven or heavenly power The first example sentence could mean reach for heaven In some set phrases, the used word is skies, as in He wrote to his sister praising Lizzie to the skies In this case, to the skies means very highly or enthusiastically
  • difference - When should I use the word skies? - English Language . . .
    What's the difference between "sky" and "skies"? I'm really confused since I watched a news saying "People cheered and clapped as the moon blocked the sun for about 2 5 minutes under clear skies o
  • Can we say Its sunny outside when it doesnt have much sunlight?
    The first morning light is called 'daybreak' We call the late evening 'dusk', and sometimes describe the low light conditions as " dusky " That doesn't necessarily mean that the skies are clear of clouds A 'dusky evening' makes me think of a gloomy sunset mixed with clouds
  • verb agreement - There is are a growing number of. . . ? - English . . .
    As a native American English speaker, I hope this intuitive explanation helps "There is a growing number of X" uses "is" because "is" refers to the number itself, and "number" here is singular: there is a number of Xs at any given time, and that number is increasing over time That is: the enrollment at the college is increasing year-over-year, thus "the number of enrolled students is growing
  • What do you call the star that appears before night (evening)?
    The Greeks gave it the name Hesperus when it was the evening star, and (what's come down to us as) Phosphorus when it was the morning star Much darker skies then, and it was hard to miss them Of course, the Greeks knew they weren't stars -- planetes means 'wanderers' in Greek, because it was easy to see that they didn't stay in the same place like stars do, and they were the basis of
  • Cant get the meaning of this sentence from A CHRISTMAS CAROL
    And now two smaller Cratchits, boy and girl, came tearing in, screaming that outside the baker’s they had smelt the goose, and known it for their own; and basking in luxurious thoughts of sage and onion, these young Cratchits danced about the table, and exalted Master Peter Cratchit to the skies, while he (not proud, although his collars
  • Dimpsy or Dumpsy? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    Having been brought up in Scotland I am aware of a Gaelic word dreech (never seen it written down) which describes not only a grey, drizzly day of cloudy skies and dismal atmosphere, it also describes a person whose demeanour is reminiscent of such a day
  • etymology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    And heav'n's artillery thunder in the skies? Shakesp When a ship seels or rolls in foul weather, the breaking loose of ordnance is a thing very dangerous Raleigh There are examples now of wounded persons that have roared for anguish and torment at the discharge of ordnance, though at a very great distance Bentley's Serm
  • Origin of the idiom If ifs and buts were candy and nuts?
    If down the starry skies should fall, The starlings would be cheap: If Belles talk'd reason at a ball, The band might go to sleep […] And finally, printed in 1821, an excerpt translated from a poem entitled Hans Beudix by the German poet Gottfried August Bürger (1747-1794) Hans Beudix Are you there, my old fox, with your ifs and your ans?





中文字典-英文字典  2005-2009