skyfulとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

skyful (複数形 skyfuls または skiesful)

1. As much as a sky will hold.
   • 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From The Madding Crowd

     From this chaotic skyful of crowding flakes the mead and moor momentarily received additional clothing, only to appear momentarily more naked thereby.

   • 2007 April 11, Bernard Holland, “The Flute Is Awfully Nice, Tamino, but Check Out That Astral Sketchbook”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The Queen of the Night is backlighted by a skyful of starry dots.