单词 | to skyward |
释义 | > as lemmasto (the) skyward to (the) skyward: towards or in the direction of the sky. Obsolete (poetic in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > sky, heavens > [adverb] > towards to skyward1582 heavenward1626 heavenwards1643 skyward1655 skywards1755 heavenwardly1848 firmamentwards1886 skywardly1893 the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in upward direction > to the sky or air upc888 aloftc1175 to skyward1582 skyward1655 skywards1755 cloudward1817 starward1818 airward1820 zenithward1835 airwards1852 cloudwards1856 skywardly1893 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 4 To skyward [L. ad sidera] his claspt hands heauelye lifting. 1586 W. Webbe tr. Virgil Aeglogue i, in Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. H.iij Swift buckes shall flie for foode to the skies ward [L. in aethere]. 1607 G. Markham First Pt. First Bk. Eng. Arcadia f. 15v Raise them [sc. her armes] aboue her heade to the Sky-ward. 1831 R. A. M'Naghten Misc. Verses ii.19 The new born butterfly, which springs To skyward. 1894 Weekly Irish Times 20 Jan. 3/5 High in spray to skyward splashed. 1906 Labor Digest Mar. 18/1 Up yonder the hills reach to skyward. < as lemmas |
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