| 单词 | skywatch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasskywatch skywatch n. originally U.S. the activity or process of observing the sky for astronomical or meteorological phenomena, aircraft, etc.; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [noun] > observing or watching > specific stargazing1928 skywatch1952 birding1956 gricing1968 grice1971 owling1984 1952 N.Y. Times 3 May 12/4 ‘Operation Skywatch’ was going into effect ‘as a method of increasing the effectiveness of the air defense network’. 1958 A. Budrys in B. W. Aldiss & H. Harrison Decade 1950s (1976) 68 I made it. Got to this Navy skywatch station. 1972 Oxf. Times 21 Jan. 3/7 A full house is expected for next week's UFO convention in Banbury... ‘Many of those attending are the people who made sightings over North Oxon last year which ended with us having a skywatch.’ 2015 Sun (Nexis) 25 Aug. 24 I've..been on skywatches and witnessed strange things in the sky. skywatch skywatch v. intransitive to engage in skywatching. ΚΠ 1895 Emporia (Kansas) Daily Gaz. 5 Aug. 1/3 For a year or more Kansas has been sky-watching. Between sighs it has been abusing Providence..for not sending rain enough. 1955 Newsday 29 Sept. 47/1 (heading) Takes two to sky-watch for Observer Corps say modern Paul Reveres. 1974 South China Morning Post 12 Dec. 15/6 While some astronomers are sky-watching..others are adding to man's knowledge of the moon. 1990 Astronomy Mar. 8/3 I sometimes skywatch just for the fun of it. < as lemmas |
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