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.]
◄ ►
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]