单词 | mackerel sky |
释义 | mackerel skynounan extensive group of cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds, especially when well-marked in their arrangement: so called because of a resemblance to the scales on a mackerel. Origin of mackerel skyFirst recorded in 1660–70 Words nearby mackerel skyMackenzie Mountains, mackerel, mackerel breeze, mackerel gull, mackerel shark, mackerel sky, Mackerras, Mackinac, Mackinac Bridge, mackinaw, Mackinaw blanket Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for mackerel skymackerel sky nouna sky patterned with cirrocumulus or small altocumulus clouds Word Origin for mackerel skyfrom the similarity to the pattern on a mackerel's back Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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