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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 . . .
    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
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    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
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    Taking it to the sky skies Ask Question Asked 7 years, 1 month ago Modified 7 years, 1 month ago
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    In the article you cite, I think "takes the skies" is a mistake, and was intended to be "takes to the skies" "Take the skies" is correct English, but it suggests military conquest, as in " Then we take Berlin " In this sense, "take" means to take something into one's possession You could say "take the skies" to mean achieving air superiority during a battle "Take to" is a distinct phrasal
  • The sun, the sky, a sky, sky - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
    With the sky however, you will often see "the blue sky" because when referred to by itself, it is nearly always blue (blue is nothing remarkable), but another colour is a different matter - "a grey sky" or "grey skies" would be more common than "the grey sky"
  • Where does the phrase hold down the fort come from?
    I agree the original should be 'hold the fort' and 'hold down…' looks like an aberration Is it too much to speculate that 'hold down…' could have come from a land-lubbers variation on something like 'make all secure and batten down the hatches!" where the security is against the weather, not a human enemy?
  • A term for its raining while the sun is shining
    Most languages have a popular term or a traditional saying for the occurrence of rain while the sun is shining (a sunshower) Most of these expressions have been handed down from generation to gene
  • etymology - Where does the sky is falling come from? - English . . .
    Interestingly, larks are connected to an earlier commentary on skies falling From "Debate on the Bank of the United States" (April 13, 1810), in The American Register, or General Repository of History, Politics and Science (1811): [Remarks of Mr Taylor:] But, says the gentleman [Mr Love], there will be foreign influence
  • Is to have ones head in the sky a valid English idiom?
    At least in US English, heads are often many places Often heads are in the clouds (dreamer), but it is not unheard of to say that someone has their head in the sky if, for example, they aspire to become an aircraft pilot





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