释义 |
skywardssky‧wards /ˈskaɪwədz $ -wərdz/ (also sky‧ward /-wəd $ wərd/) adverb literary - Across the flat tableland are almost 100 red and orange monolithic sandstone buttes and mesas jutting skywards.
- Black-headed gulls circled, spiralling skywards in a current of warm air.
- Larks throw themselves skywards, balance on fountains of air.
- Next moment every head turned to gaze skywards as a brilliant red star flared into life high above Bethlehem House.
- She cast her eyes skywards, muttering soft curses.
- Strings of spittle hanging from pointed teeth to lower lip reflected moonshine as the cadaverous head arched skywards.
- The door was shut, and no smoke plumed skywards from its grey chimneys.
up into the sky or towards the sky: The bird soared skywards.—skyward adjective |