skyline

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishskylinesky‧line /ˈskaɪlaɪn/ noun [countable] SHAPEthe shape made by hills or buildings against the sky the famous New York skylineExamples from the Corpusskyline• Custom homes with spectacular views of the downtown skyline fill the streets that snake through Baldwin Hills.• Set amidst green and fertile hills its skyline is stunning and its landscapes inspire a long and dreamy gaze.• The week he returned, Primo sent a postcard to Angelita with a picture of the Manhattan skyline at dusk.• Go through gate then bear right across field heading for stile that can be seen on skyline.• They had eaten the delicious meal to the sound of the river flowing past while the sun faded behind the skyline.• The skyline, from any part of this magical plateau, was toothed like the jaw of a shark.• But how could we ensure that complexity and mystery were the only qualitative differences between the various skylines?

单词	skyline
释义	skyline From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishskylinesky‧line /ˈskaɪlaɪn/ noun [countable] SHAPEthe shape made by hills or buildings against the sky the famous New York skylineExamples from the Corpusskyline• Custom homes with spectacular views of the downtown skyline fill the streets that snake through Baldwin Hills.• Set amidst green and fertile hills its skyline is stunning and its landscapes inspire a long and dreamy gaze.• The week he returned, Primo sent a postcard to Angelita with a picture of the Manhattan skyline at dusk.• Go through gate then bear right across field heading for stile that can be seen on skyline.• They had eaten the delicious meal to the sound of the river flowing past while the sun faded behind the skyline.• The skyline, from any part of this magical plateau, was toothed like the jaw of a shark.• But how could we ensure that complexity and mystery were the only qualitative differences between the various skylines?
随便看	somebody can’t help noticing something somebody can’t wait/can hardly wait somebody can’t/couldn’t be bothered (to do something) somebody could do worse than do something somebody could have sworn (that) ... somebody could stand to do something somebody couldn’t care less somebody deserves a medal somebody doesn’t do nice/funny/sensible etc somebody doesn’t have much meat on him/her somebody doesn’t hear too well/very well somebody got game somebody had (got) it coming somebody had better/best do something somebody has a sharp tongue somebody has arrived somebody has been had somebody has decided to honour us with their presence somebody has learned their lesson somebody has paid their debt to society somebody has their own life to lead somebody has to pinch themselves somebody hasn’t heard the last of somebody/something somebody is (great/good) fun somebody is (living) on another planet/what planet is somebody on?