Definición de sky

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

sky

(skaɪ )

Formas de la palabra:plural skies

1. variables sustantivo

The sky is the space around the Earth which you can see when you stand outside and look upwards.

The sun is already high in the sky.

...warm sunshine and clear blue skies.

The night sky was lit up by flashes of light.

Sinónimos:heavens, firmament, upper atmosphere, azure [poetic] Más sinónimos de sky

2. pie in the sky

Video: pronunciation of 'sky'

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

sky in American

(skaɪ ; skī)

sustantivoFormas de la palabra:plural skies

1. [often pl.]

the upper atmosphere, esp. with reference to its appearance

blue skies, a cloudy sky

the expanse of the heavens that forms an apparent arch over the earth; firmament

heaven, or the celestial regions

climate or weather

the balmy southern sky

verbo transitivoFormas de la palabra:skied or skyed, ˈskying

to hit, throw, shoot, etc. high in the air

to hang (a picture) so high on a wall that it is not easily viewed

Modismos:

out of a (or the) clear (blue) sky

to the skies

Origen de la palabra sky

ME < ON, a cloud, akin to OE sceo, a cloud, OHG scuwo, shadow < IE base *(s)keu-, a cloud, OHG scuwo, shadow < IE base *(s)keu-, to cover, hide > hide1, L cutis, skin, Gr skytos, leather

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

sky in British

(skaɪ )

sustantivoFormas de la palabra:plural skies

1. (sometimes plural)

the apparently dome-shaped expanse extending upwards from the horizon that is characteristically blue or grey during the day, red in the evening, and black at night

▶ Related adjectives: celestial, empyrean

outer space, as seen from the earth

3. (often plural)

weather, as described by the appearance of the upper air

sunny skies

the source of divine power; heaven

5. informal

the highest level of attainment

the sky's the limit

6. to the skies

verboFormas de la palabra:skies, skying or skied

7. rowing

to lift (the blade of an oar) too high before a stroke

8. (transitive) informal

to hit (a ball) high in the air

Formas derivadas

skylike (ˈskyˌlike)

adjetivo

Origen de la palabra sky

C13: from Old Norse skӯ; related to Old English scio cloud, Old Saxon skio, Old Norse skjār transparent skin

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This freak snowstorm literally did not come out of a clear blue sky. The Sun (2009)Sky shareholders are already trying to quantify the cost. Times, Sunday Times (2013)To me it was like a bolt of lightning out of a clear sky. Christianity Today (2000)If they are alarmed they go spiralling high into the sky. Times, Sunday Times (2016)The sky is the limit with this one. The Sun (2009)The sun blazes down from a cloudless sky as we bank alarmingly. Times, Sunday Times (2012)The row over open skies has been simmering for years. Times, Sunday Times (2015)There were streaks of pink in the blue sky. Times, Sunday Times (2010)Prices already climb sky high in the summer holiday as demand massively outstrips supply. The Sun (2014)Wake up tomorrow morning and look at the sky. Kowalski, Robert E The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure (1990)This scandal did not come out of a clear blue sky. The Sun (2006)And they have set their standards sky high. Times, Sunday Times (2010)The sky is the limit for him. The Sun (2010)Lighting up the monument would cut the visual connection between the monument and the starry night sky at a stroke. Times, Sunday Times (2011)You drink in the bright blue sky and sheer volcanic peaks as though they were your final sight on earth. Times, Sunday Times (2008)Sweet childhood of air and sky! Herman Melville Moby Dick (1901)Then it is true, the lights in the sky burn with life! Zindell, David The Broken God (1993)Under a bruised night sky, arching trees form a thicket into which the unwary blunder. Times, Sunday Times (2011)There was a weird atmosphere in the air, the sky went dark then it blew itself out. The Sun (2007)It was during this period that the pyramids of Giza redefined the relationship between the earth and sky. Bruce Feiler WALKING THE BIBLE (2001)