sky /ˈskaɪ/
 天空,天色,天堂(vt.)擊向空中,挂在高處(vi.)高漲


 Sky n.; pl. Skies
 1. A cloud. [Obs.]
 [A wind] that blew so hideously and high,
 That it ne lefte not a sky
 In all the welkin long and broad.   --Chaucer.
 2. Hence, a shadow. [Obs.]
    She passeth as it were a sky.   --Gower.
 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.
    The Norweyan banners flout the sky.   --Shak.
 4. The wheather; the climate.
    Thou wert better in thy grave than to answer with thy uncovered body this extremity of the skies.   --Shak.
 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.
 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.


 Sky, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skied or Skyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Skying ]
 1. To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it can not be well seen. [Colloq.]
    Brother Academicians who skied his pictures.   --The Century.
 2. To throw towards the sky; as, to sky a ball at cricket. [Colloq.]

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 sky
      n : the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
      v : throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball";
          "toss me newspaper" [syn: flip, toss, pitch]