mackerel sky

短语

高积云

词形变化

mackerel skies 复数 mackerel skies

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sky filled with a regular pattern of altocumulus clouds somewhat resembling the skin of a mackerel.

    1717, Dictionarium Rusticum, Urbanicum & Botanicum, London: J. Nicholson et al., 2nd edition, “CLOUDS,” […] in a fair day, if the Sky seem to be dappled with white Clouds, which is usually termed, A Mackerel-Sky, it commonly predicts rain:

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

sky

词源

From mackerel + sky.

来源：wiktionary