sky
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noun- 1.
The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the surface of the Earth as the place where the sun, moon, stars, and clouds are seen.
That year, a meteor fell from the sky.
Đồng nghĩa: blue, firmament, heaven, lift, welkin
- 2.
With a descriptive word: the part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its climate, condition, etc.
I lay back under a warm Texas sky.
We’re not sure how long the cloudy skies will last.
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(archaic, literary, poetic)(chiefly literary and poetic, archaic) Usually preceded by the: the abode of God or the gods, angels, the souls of deceased people, etc.; heaven; also, powers emanating from heaven.
This mortal has incurred the wrath of the skies.
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(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of sky blue.
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(mathematics, theoretical physics) The set of all lightlike lines (or directions) passing through a given point in space-time.
Đồng nghĩa: celestial sphere
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(informal, obsolete, rare)In an art gallery: the upper rows of pictures that cannot easily be seen; also, the place where such pictures are hung.
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(obsolete)A cloud.
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(UK, obsolete, slang)(UK, slang, obsolete, Westminster School) A disagreeable person; an enemy.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(informal, transitive)To drink (a beverage) from a container without one's lips touching the container.
- 2.
(dated, informal, transitive)To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it cannot easily be seen; (by extension) to put (something) in an undesirable place.
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(dated, slang, transitive)To toss (something) upwards; specifically, to flip (a coin).
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(transitive)To clear (a high jump bar, hurdle, etc.) by a large margin.
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(transitive)To hit, kick, or throw (a ball) extremely high.
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(transitive)To miss a goal by kicking the ball over the crossbar.
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(obsolete, transitive)To raise (the price of an item on auction, or the level of the bids generally) by bidding high.
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(intransitive)To move quickly, as if by flying; to fly; also, to escape, to flee (especially by airplane).
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(intransitive)To hit, kick, or throw a ball extremely high.
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(intransitive)To raise an oar too high above the water.
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thumb|A blue sky (sense 1). ine-pro The noun is derived from Middle English sky (sky; cloud; mist), also spelled ski, skie,, from Old Norse ský (cloud), from Proto-Germanic *skiwją (cloud; sky), from *skiwô (cloud; cloud cover, haze; sky) (whence sċēo and skew), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (to cover; to conceal, hide).