skywards

[US]/'skaiwədz/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. 空に向かって、上方向に

Phrases & Collocations

look skywards

空を見上げる

reach skywards

空に手を伸ばす

point skywards

空を指さす

gaze skywards

空をじっと見つめる

fly skywards

空に飛び立つ

Real-world Examples

Harry and Seamus swished and flicked, but the feather they were supposed to be sending skywards just lay on the desktop.

ハリーとシーマスはスワッシュとフリックをしましたが、彼らが空に飛ばすはずの羽はただデスクの上に横たわっていました。

Source: All-Star Read "Harry Potter" Collection

One Japanese species rockets skywards at a rate of a metre a day.

ある日本の種は、1日に1メートルの速度で空に飛び上がります。

Source: 200 dictations for Level 4 Listening.

But his tendency to make great leaps from slight data meant his ideas often lacked solid foundations—much like his geodesic domes, novel structures that soared skywards without apparent support and occasionally came crashing down.

しかし、わずかなデータから大きな飛躍をする傾向があったため、彼のアイデアはしばしば確固たる基盤を欠いていました—彼のジオデシックドームのように、明らかな支持なしに空にそびえ立ち、時折崩れ落ちる新しい構造物のように。

Source: The Economist Culture

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