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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.]
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[A wind] that blew so hideously and high,
That it ne lefte not a sky
In all the welkin long and broad. --Chaucer.
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2. Hence, a shadow. [Obs.]
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She passeth as it were a sky. --Gower.
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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.
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The Norweyan banners flout the sky. --Shak.
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4. The wheather; the climate.
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Thou wert better in thy grave than to answer with
thy uncovered body this extremity of the skies.
--Shak.
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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.
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{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.
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  • grammar - When do we say skies instead of sky? - English Language . . .
    In a sense, those are all different "skies" even though the expanse above us is always the same "sky " For a safe option, just always use "sky " When you are comparing different sky-states, you can use "skies" to either emphasize the differences or to emphasize a common characteristic across time ("a week of grey skies")
  • difference - When should I use the word skies? - English Language . . .
    Use skies when referring to the sky in a general sense (not referring to a specific location) In your example: under clear skies on the icy Norwegian islands of Svalbard depending where you are on the island, you will see a different area of the sky that is clear, Also a major airliner has a famous slogan: Fly the friendly skies
  • 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
  • to take the skies - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
    Taking the skies = To rule the skies, to dominate (Think of soldiers who have orders to "take that hill or beach" Taking to the skies = To fly (Think of taking to the road or the hills) So either the author means the planes will never dominate, or like the other people said, it may be a typo, and he means that it literally won't even be able
  • articles - The sun, the sky, a sky, sky - English Language Learners . . .
    This is a good question, as the answer is not straightforward - it depends on the context In most cases, you would use the definite article, but in some cases it can be omitted, and with certain constructions, the indefinite article is preferred - particularly when there is an implied comparison between different appearances of the sky
  • Where does the phrase cool your jets come from?
    1973 Daily Tribune (Wisconsin Rapids) 29 Jan 1 1 If you want to cool your jets, just step outside, where it will be about 10 degrees under cloudy skies That use is to literally cool yourself down The first with the usual meaning is a bit later the same year:
  • etymology - Where does the sky is falling come from? - English . . .
    In this version of the story, all of the barnyard fowl blame the larks for breaking up the sky and causing it to fall—which is why Hen Pen, Duck Luck, Goose Loose, and the rest turn to Fox Lox (well known as a foe of larks) for help Interestingly, larks are connected to an earlier commentary on skies falling
  • A term for its raining while the sun is shining
    Here is an excerpt from the results of a 2003 dialect survey in the United States (Vaux, Bert and Scott Golder 2003
  • 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
  • Is to have ones head in the sky a valid English idiom?
    "This can't be love I get no dizzy spells, my head is not in the skies" (Rodgers Hart) If it's not an idiom, it is at least part of the Great American Songbook Or maybe Mr Hart was simply looking for something to rhyme with "sighs" and changed the well-known idiom from "clouds" to "skies", hoping that everyone would understand





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