sky
n
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(a) [U, sing]
(usu the sky when [sing] but a sky or skies [pl] when modified by an adj 用於單數時通常作the sky, 但受形容詞修飾時則作a sky或skies) the space seen when one looks upwards from the earth, where clouds and the sun, moon and stars appear 天; 天空
a patch of blue sky 一塊藍天
birds flying up into the sky 飛向天空的鳥
under the open sky, ie out of doors 在戶外
a clear, blue sky 晴朗蔚藍的天空
clouds moving across the sky 在天空飄過的浮云
a starry sky/(the) starry skies 星斗滿天.
(b) skies [pl]
climate or weather as shown by this 天氣; 氣候
a day of rain and cloudy skies 有雨、 多云的一天
the sunny skies of Italy 意大利的晴朗天氣.
2 (idm 習語) pie in the sky => pie. praise, etc sb/sth to the `skies praise sb/sth very greatly 極力稱贊某人[某事物]; 把某人[某事物]捧上了天
The teacher was extolling her work to the skies. 教師極力稱贊她功課好. the sky's the limit (infml saying 口, 諺) there is no limit 沒有限制
You could win millions! The sky's the limit! 你有可能贏數百萬. 無盡無休! sky, v (pt, pp skied ) [Tn]
hit (esp a ball) very high 將(尤指球)擊向空中.
?? 擴展釋義
*[skai]n. 天空, 天色, 天堂vt. 擊向空中, 掛在高處vi. 高漲【法】 天, 天空, 氣候相關詞組: out of a clear sky lift sb's spirit sky-high extol sth sky-high blast a fallacy sky-high to the sky under a foreign sky under the open sky
?? 同為「初中」詞匯
exchangen. 交換;交易;交易所;兌換(率);
vt. 交換,互換;兌換;交換,調換;
vi. 交換,替換;進行易貨貿易,作物物交換;[金融業](貨幣)交換,兌換;