MACKEREL SKY

Meaning of MACKEREL SKY in English

an extensive group of cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds, esp. when well-marked in their arrangement: so called because of a resemblance to the scales on a mackerel.

[ 1660-70 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

MACKEREL SKY — noun Date: 1667 a sky covered with rows of altocumulus or cirrocumulus clouds resembling the patterns on a mackerel's back
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MACKEREL SKY — noun : a sky covered with rows of altocumulus or cirrocumulus clouds resembling the patterns on a mackerel's back
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MACKEREL SKY — sky dappled with small cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds that look like the markings of mackerel
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MACKEREL SKY — Date: 1667 : a sky covered with rows of altocumulus or cirrocumulus clouds resembling the patterns on a mackerel's back
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MACKEREL SKY — Function: noun Date: 1667 : a sky covered with rows of altocumulus or cirrocumulus clouds resembling the patterns on a …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MACKEREL SKY — ■ noun a sky dappled with rows of small white fleecy (typically cirrocumulus) clouds, like the pattern on a mackerel's …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MACKEREL SKY — [mackerel sky] n (1669): a sky covered with rows of altocumulus or cirrocumulus clouds resembling the patterns on a mackerel's …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MACKEREL SKY — The name given to cirrocumulus clouds with small vertical extent and composed of ice crystals. The rippled effect gives the …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary
MACKEREL SKY — небо барашками небо барашками
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MACKEREL SKY — небо барашками
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MACKEREL SKY — небо барашками
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
MACKEREL SKY — небо барашками
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MACKEREL SKY — небо барашками
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MACKEREL SKY — небо барашками
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MACKEREL SKY — небо барашками
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MACKEREL SKY — небо барашками
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
MACKEREL SKY — небо барашками
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MACKEREL SKY — небо барашками
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MACKEREL SKY — небо барашками
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MACKEREL SKY — небо барашками
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
MACKEREL SKY — небо барашками небо барашками
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MACKEREL — Swift-moving, carnivorous, torpedo-shaped food and sport fishes (family Scombridae, order Perciformes) of temperate and tropical seas worldwide. Mackerels are 1–5.5 …
Английский словарь Британика
SKY — I. ˈskī noun ( -es ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, cloud, sky, from Old Norse skȳ cloud; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MACKEREL — I. ˈmak(ə)rəl noun ( plural mackerel or mackerels ) Etymology: Middle English makerel, from Old French, probably from makerel pimp, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SKY — (v. t.) To throw towards the sky; as, to sky a ball at cricket.
Английский словарь Webster
SKY — ( v. t. ) To throw towards the sky; as, to sky a ball at cricket.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SKY — — skyless , adj. — skylike , adj. /skuy/ , n. , pl. skies , v. skied or skyed, skying …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MACKEREL — /mak"euhr euhl, mak"reuhl/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) mackerel , ( esp. referring to two or more …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SKY — I. ˈskī noun ( plural skies ) Etymology: Middle English, cloud, sky, from Old Norse skȳ cloud; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MACKEREL — noun ( plural mackerel or mackerels ) Etymology: Middle English makerel, from Anglo-French Date: 14th century 1. : a scombroid …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SKY — noun hence, a shadow. 2. sky ·noun the wheather; the climate. 3. sky ·noun a cloud. 4. sky ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
MACKEREL — noun a pimp; also, a bawd. 2. mackerel ·noun any species of the genus scomber, and of several related genera. …
Webster English vocab
SKY — [sky] n, pl skies [ME, cloud, sky, fr. ON sky cloud; akin to OE sceo cloud] (13c) 1: the upper …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MACKEREL — [mack.er.el] n, pl mackerel or mackerels [ME makerel, fr. MF] (14c) 1: a scombroid bony fish (Scomber scombrus) of the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MACKEREL — any of a number of swift-moving, streamlined food and sport fishes found in temperate and tropical seas around the world, …
Britannica English vocabulary
MACKEREL — mackerel BrE AmE ˈmæk r ə l ˈmæk ə r ə l ▷ mackerel|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SKY — / skaɪ; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ C , U ] ( pl. skies ) the space …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MACKEREL — / ˈmækrəl; NAmE / noun [ C , U ] ( pl. mack·erel ) a sea fish with greenish-blue bands …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKY — Sky BrE AmE ⇨ see ↑ Sky TV
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SKY — sky S2 W2 /skaɪ/ BrE AmE noun ( plural skies ) [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old Norse ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MACKEREL — mack ‧ e ‧ rel /ˈmæk ə rəl/ BrE AmE noun ( plural mackerel ) [uncountable and countable] [ Date: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SKY — n. & v. --n. (pl. skies) (in sing. or pl.) 1 the region of the atmosphere and outer space seen …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MACKEREL — n. (pl. same or mackerels) a N. Atlantic marine fish, Scomber scombrus, with a greenish-blue body, used for food. ømackerel …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SKY — n. & v. n. (pl. skies) (in sing. or pl.) 1 the region of the atmosphere and outer space seen …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MACKEREL — n. (pl. same or mackerels) a n. Atlantic marine fish, Scomber scombrus, with a greenish-blue body, used for food. mackerel …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SKY — n. & v. --n. (pl. skies) (in sing. or pl.) 1. the region of the atmosphere and outer space seen …
Oxford English vocab
MACKEREL — n. (pl. same or mackerels) a N. Atlantic marine fish, Scomber scombrus, with a greenish-blue body, used for food. Phrases …
Oxford English vocab
SKY — ( skies) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The sky is the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MACKEREL — ( mackerel) A mackerel is a sea fish with a dark, patterned back. They’d gone out to fish for mackerel. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MACKEREL — (~) A ~ is a sea fish with a dark, patterned back. They’d gone out to fish for ~. N-VAR …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SKY
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MACKEREL — noun PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES holy cow/mackerel etc EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Examples of foods that contain beneficial fats are …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SKY — [noun] [U] - the area above the tallest structures on the Earth, in which clouds, the sun, etc. can be …
Cambridge English vocab
MACKEREL — n. Swift-moving, carnivorous, torpedo-shaped food and sport fishes (family Scombridae, order Perciformes) of temperate and tropical seas worldwide. Mackerels are …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SKY — See: OUT OF THE BLUE or OUT OF A CLEAR SKY or OUT OF A CLEAR BLUE SKY, REACH FOR …
Slang English vocab
MACKEREL — See: HOLY CATS or HOLY MACKEREL.
Slang English vocab
MACKEREL — A bawd: from the French maquerel. Mackerel- backed; long-backed.
Slang English vocab
SKY — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big , vast , wide ▪ open ▪ We slept under the open ~. ▪ empty ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SKY — • ↑ pie in the sky • ↑ the sky's the limit
Longman Activator English vocab
SKY — See: OUT OF THE BLUE or OUT OF A CLEAR SKY or OUT OF A CLEAR BLUE SKY, REACH FOR …
Словарь английских идиом
MACKEREL — See: HOLY CATS or HOLY MACKEREL.
Словарь английских идиом
SKY — 1. сущ. 1) небеса, небо blue, clear, cloudless sky, cloudy sky ≈ облачное небо dull, grey, sullen sky ≈ серое, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MACKEREL — сущ. макрель; скумбрия mackerel sky holy mackerel Syn : scomber (зоология) скумбрия, макрель (Scomber) > holy *! Боже мой! mackerel …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SKY — sky.ogg 1. skaı n 1. небо; небеса fleecy sky - небо, покрытое (облаками-)барашками under the open sky - на открытом …
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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