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单词 skyward
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Definition of skyward in English:

skyward

(also skywards)
adverb ˈskʌɪwədˈskaɪwərd
  • Towards the sky.

    朝向天空

    flames were now shooting skyward

    火焰现正射向天空。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And the euro, which had been in virtual free-fall, leapt skywards.
    • I rose skywards like a water-moth for the sun, emerged and strapped on my diving gear for my next oceanic clear-cut.
    • He looked skywards, imploring silently to the heavens above, hoping for divine inspiration.
    • Taiyou embraced the girl for a few moments, turning her head skywards towards the Eternal Star.
    • Unexpectedly, out of instinct, I suppose, his gaze turned skywards.
    • Later on, as she was making dinner, she paused mid-stir with the wooden spatula deep into the Quorn mince and looked wistfully skywards.
    • We made our way past the little lake, stocked with dead trees, their branches reaching skywards through leftover mist.
    • Thousands of visitors craned their necks skywards to watch skilful displays by the owners of the painstakingly-built giant model aircraft.
    • The steep slopes of the valley floor rise majestically skywards to provide the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
    • Achaeus gazed skywards, hoping to ingrain the images into his memory forever.
    • For as his hind legs collapsed beneath him he seemed to tower upwards like a huge rock toppling, his trunk reaching skywards like a tree.
    • Wages raced skywards as companies fought to retain staff.
    • The two-inch high flower appears to have a thumb and three fingers, one pointing skywards.
    • First it seems to suffocate everything, then it dances skywards up the stage tower.
    • The burst of flash illuminates a mass of arms raised, index fingers and little fingers pointing skywards, in the time-honoured rock salute.
    • After the US invasion of Kuwait in 1990, prices shot skywards.
    • Reporters, microphones in hand, gazed skywards.
    • Doubling curves are nearly flat for a long time, then voom, they take off skywards in a hot second.
    • I looked skywards and enquired loudly of The Man who gives us such weather: ‘Is this some kind of sick joke?’
    • Sodden and anxious, riverbank dwellers gazed skywards as the heavens opened.
    Synonyms
    up, upward, uphill, towards a higher level, to the top
adjective ˈskʌɪwədˈskaɪwərd
  • Moving or directed towards the sky.

    朝天空的

    the city was heavily guarded by skyward laser batteries

    这座城市被射向天空的激光炮严密防守着。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But Irish motorists have been spared the worst effects of oil prices' skyward journey.
    • It's an exhilarating experience: crisp, high-altitude air, fresh powder, the search for grip as the snow makes a skyward plume in your wake.
    Synonyms
    rising, ascending, climbing, mounting

Definition of skyward in US English:

skyward

(also skywards)
adverbˈskīwərdˈskaɪwərd
  • Toward the sky.

    朝向天空

    flames were now shooting skyward

    火焰现正射向天空。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I looked skywards and enquired loudly of The Man who gives us such weather: ‘Is this some kind of sick joke?’
    • And the euro, which had been in virtual free-fall, leapt skywards.
    • The steep slopes of the valley floor rise majestically skywards to provide the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
    • He looked skywards, imploring silently to the heavens above, hoping for divine inspiration.
    • Doubling curves are nearly flat for a long time, then voom, they take off skywards in a hot second.
    • Unexpectedly, out of instinct, I suppose, his gaze turned skywards.
    • After the US invasion of Kuwait in 1990, prices shot skywards.
    • I rose skywards like a water-moth for the sun, emerged and strapped on my diving gear for my next oceanic clear-cut.
    • The two-inch high flower appears to have a thumb and three fingers, one pointing skywards.
    • For as his hind legs collapsed beneath him he seemed to tower upwards like a huge rock toppling, his trunk reaching skywards like a tree.
    • Wages raced skywards as companies fought to retain staff.
    • The burst of flash illuminates a mass of arms raised, index fingers and little fingers pointing skywards, in the time-honoured rock salute.
    • We made our way past the little lake, stocked with dead trees, their branches reaching skywards through leftover mist.
    • First it seems to suffocate everything, then it dances skywards up the stage tower.
    • Later on, as she was making dinner, she paused mid-stir with the wooden spatula deep into the Quorn mince and looked wistfully skywards.
    • Thousands of visitors craned their necks skywards to watch skilful displays by the owners of the painstakingly-built giant model aircraft.
    • Reporters, microphones in hand, gazed skywards.
    • Sodden and anxious, riverbank dwellers gazed skywards as the heavens opened.
    • Taiyou embraced the girl for a few moments, turning her head skywards towards the Eternal Star.
    • Achaeus gazed skywards, hoping to ingrain the images into his memory forever.
    Synonyms
    up, upward, uphill, towards a higher level, to the top
adjectiveˈskīwərdˈskaɪwərd
  • Moving or directed toward the sky.

    朝天空的

    the city was heavily guarded by skyward laser batteries

    这座城市被射向天空的激光炮严密防守着。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's an exhilarating experience: crisp, high-altitude air, fresh powder, the search for grip as the snow makes a skyward plume in your wake.
    • But Irish motorists have been spared the worst effects of oil prices' skyward journey.
    Synonyms
    rising, ascending, climbing, mounting
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