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单词 sky-high
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Definition of sky-high in English:

sky-high

adjective & adverb skʌɪˈhʌɪˈˌskaɪ ˈhaɪ
  • 1As if reaching the sky; very high.

    as adverb they were blown sky-high
    Example sentencesExamples
    • By covering all the bases well before try-outs, you'll prevent freak-outs, plus your confidence will shoot sky-high.
    • Despite Nigel's existential grapplings, 2004 could send him and his bandmates soaring sky-high.
    • Clearly, they are a team whose confidence has been boosted sky-high as a result of several triumphs.
    • Well placed to win three low-profile races in the north, Overstrand has had his confidence boosted sky-high.
    • Had the one-dayers been played all in a heap, the South Aricans may well have continued to call the shots, their confidence having been blown sky-high.
    • Don't waste your time trying to kill it in other ways than blowing it sky-high out of the water and into little tiny sharklet pieces.
    • College principal Leo Solomon said: ‘If the fire had got to those cylinders the whole building would have gone sky-high.’
    • The municipality's greatest act of cruelty was to sit and do nothing as a few unpaid tax bills were driven sky-high by compound interest.
    • Still, insurance rates had risen, and security on dams and pumping stations soared sky-high, underwritten by our taxes.
    Synonyms
    high, tall, lofty, elevated, soaring, sky-high, sky-scraping, steep, mountainous, imposing, multistorey
    1. 1.1 At or to a very high level; very great.
      as adjective sky-high premiums
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Your chances of attracting a guy can reach sky-high limits, and the only work involved is getting involved.
      • Not only that, the interest at these sky-high levels will also be back-dated to when you took out the agreement.
      • And with Americans eating out more often, anyone who measured the sky-high salt levels in restaurant foods could have predicted trouble.
      • Plastic processed cheese with practically no nutritional value but sky-high levels of fat is promoted as a source of protein.
      • I see that violent crime is out of control in our cities, snuffing out lives, mangling the limbs of the innocent, raising anxiety levels sky-high.
      • Expert view: His cholesterol levels must be sky-high.
      • Others argue that it was the sky-high insurance premiums.
      • Without Arnie, it is highly debatable if today's prize money would be halfway near its current sky-high levels.
      • The levels always pack enough challenges to keep the tension ratcheted sky-high.
      • ‘It was a hard time - tax levels were sky-high, and it was hard to motivate anyone to work,’ said Doyle.
      • Police called for sky-high car insurance premiums in Greater Manchester to be slashed after a huge fall in vehicle crime in the region.
      • This may be helpful in a particularly high-risk area, where premiums are sky-high or insurance coverage is generally very difficult to come by.

Rhymes

ally, Altai, apply, assai, awry, ay, aye, Baha'i, belie, bi, Bligh, buy, by, bye, bye-bye, chi, Chiangmai, Ciskei, comply, cry, Cy, Dai, defy, deny, Di, die, do-or-die, dry, Dubai, dye, espy, eye, fie, fly, forbye, fry, Frye, goodbye (US goodby), guy, hereby, hi, hie, high, I, imply, I-spy, July, kai, lie, lye, Mackay, misapply, my, nearby, nigh, Nye, outfly, passer-by, phi, pi, pie, ply, pry, psi, Qinghai, rai, rely, rocaille, rye, scry, serai, shanghai, shy, sigh, sky, Skye, sly, spin-dry, spry, spy, sty, Sukhotai, supply, Tai, Thai, thereby, thigh, thy, tie, Transkei, try, tumble-dry, underlie, Versailles, Vi, vie, whereby, why, wry, Wye, xi, Xingtai, Yantai
 
 

Definition of sky-high in US English:

sky-high

adjective & adverbˈˌskī ˈhīˈˌskaɪ ˈhaɪ
  • 1As if reaching the sky; very high.

    as adverb they saved a president from being blown sky-high
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Despite Nigel's existential grapplings, 2004 could send him and his bandmates soaring sky-high.
    • Well placed to win three low-profile races in the north, Overstrand has had his confidence boosted sky-high.
    • Had the one-dayers been played all in a heap, the South Aricans may well have continued to call the shots, their confidence having been blown sky-high.
    • Don't waste your time trying to kill it in other ways than blowing it sky-high out of the water and into little tiny sharklet pieces.
    • By covering all the bases well before try-outs, you'll prevent freak-outs, plus your confidence will shoot sky-high.
    • Still, insurance rates had risen, and security on dams and pumping stations soared sky-high, underwritten by our taxes.
    • College principal Leo Solomon said: ‘If the fire had got to those cylinders the whole building would have gone sky-high.’
    • Clearly, they are a team whose confidence has been boosted sky-high as a result of several triumphs.
    • The municipality's greatest act of cruelty was to sit and do nothing as a few unpaid tax bills were driven sky-high by compound interest.
    Synonyms
    high, tall, lofty, elevated, soaring, sky-high, sky-scraping, steep, mountainous, imposing, multistorey
    1. 1.1 At or to a very high level; very great.
      as adjective sky-high premiums
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Your chances of attracting a guy can reach sky-high limits, and the only work involved is getting involved.
      • Expert view: His cholesterol levels must be sky-high.
      • Plastic processed cheese with practically no nutritional value but sky-high levels of fat is promoted as a source of protein.
      • ‘It was a hard time - tax levels were sky-high, and it was hard to motivate anyone to work,’ said Doyle.
      • Others argue that it was the sky-high insurance premiums.
      • The levels always pack enough challenges to keep the tension ratcheted sky-high.
      • I see that violent crime is out of control in our cities, snuffing out lives, mangling the limbs of the innocent, raising anxiety levels sky-high.
      • Police called for sky-high car insurance premiums in Greater Manchester to be slashed after a huge fall in vehicle crime in the region.
      • Without Arnie, it is highly debatable if today's prize money would be halfway near its current sky-high levels.
      • This may be helpful in a particularly high-risk area, where premiums are sky-high or insurance coverage is generally very difficult to come by.
      • Not only that, the interest at these sky-high levels will also be back-dated to when you took out the agreement.
      • And with Americans eating out more often, anyone who measured the sky-high salt levels in restaurant foods could have predicted trouble.
 
 
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