sky
Từ điển Collocation
sky noun
ADJ. big, huge | open We slept under the open sky. | empty | bright, clear, cloudless, sunny a week of cloudless skies | cloudy, dull, overcast, sullen | starry | azure, black, blue, dark/darkening, grey, pale, leaden | night, morning, etc. | autumn, January, etc. | northern, southern, etc.
QUANT. patch a patch of blue sky
VERB + SKY light up The fireworks lit up the sky. | patrol
SKY + VERB clear (up), lighten The rain stopped and the skies cleared. | cloud over, darken, turn grey, etc. | be streaked with sth The sky was streaked with gold.
PREP. across the ~ Black clouds spread across the sky. | against the ~ The eagle was black against the early morning sky. | beneath/under a ~ a ship tossing under a darkening sky | from/out of the ~ A strange object dropped out of the sky. | in the ~ There was a kite high up in the sky. | ~ above A helicopter appeared in the sky above them. | ~ over patrolling the skies over the Channel
PHRASES high/low in the sky when the sun is low in the sky | the sky above/overhead Swallows darted about in the sky overhead. | take to the skies (= to go into the sky) Some vintage aircraft will be taking to the skies at this weekend's fair.
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
v.
- throw or toss with a light motion; flip, toss, pitch
flip me the beachball
toss me newspaper
File Extension Dictionary
ActiveSky Movie Clips for Palm OS (Active Sky Research)
Multiplan SYLK Spreadsheet File
SKY Compressed Archive
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
skies|skied|skyed|skying
syn.: flip pitch toss