: the apparent juncture of earth and sky : horizon
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: an outline (as of buildings or a mountain range) against the background of the sky
Example Sentences
the New York City skyline
Recent Examples on the WebOlder apartment buildings are shadowed by cranes on the downtown city skyline, Tuesday, July 12, 2022.The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 July 2022 Your rising sign is the sign that was rising on the Eastern skyline at the time of your birth.Glamour, 27 May 2022 The outdoor areas center on a resort-style pool with a fire feature and an adjacent spa, both of which look out on the city skyline. Lauren Beale, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2022 Resident Joseph Zarb, who founded the GoFundMe drive, said the project involves a lot more than emergency systems and that town officials have steadily downplayed the dramatic change the tower will have on the skyline. Don Stacom, courant.com, 7 Jan. 2022 As their guests celebrated in the evening, the newlyweds walked down to the dock with their photographer and posed for pictures with the city skyline behind them. Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2022 Set on the 58th floor of Madison House, the tallest residential building in NoMad, the 3,391 square foot condo boasts jaw-dropping views of the Empire State Building and city skyline. Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2022 Their family apartment at the very top of a modern eight-story block in central Kyiv was caving-in as thick acrid smoke billowed up and across the city skyline.ABC News, 7 July 2022 There’s a separate 1,000-square-foot patio overlooking the Los Angeles city skyline. Emma Reynolds, Forbes, 28 June 2022 See More
ADJECTIVE | VERB + SKYLINE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤dramatic壯觀的天際線▸➤city, downtown (NAmE) 城市/市中心空中輪廓剪影▸➤Manhattan, Tokyo, etc.曼哈頓、東京等的天際線▸➤northern, western, etc.北部、西部等的空中輪廓線VERB + SKYLINE➤dominate, fill構成天際線的主體◇The skyline is dominated by a power station. 在天際線上突顯出來的是一座發電站。➤change改變輪廓剪影◇These buildings have already changed skylines from Los Angeles to Hong Kong.從洛杉磯到香港,城市的空中輪廓為這些建築物所改變。➤break出現在天際線上◇The skyline is broken by a water tower.一座水塔凸現在天際線上。PREPOSITION➤across the skyline在整個天際線上◇small white clouds sweeping gently across the skyline輕輕掠過天際線的片片白雲➤against the skyline以天際線為背景◇the moving figures he could see against the skyline他能看到的在天際線上移動的影子◇lights twinkling along the Beirut skyline映襯着貝魯特城市空中剪影的閃爍燈光➤below the skyline在空中輪廓線下◇The sun slipped below the skyline.太陽落到天際線下。➤on the skyline在空中輪廓線上◇There are many construction cranes on the skyline.空中輪廓剪影中有許多建築起重機。➤over skyline在空中輪廓線上方◇Clouds of smoke floated over the skyline.一團團煙霧漂浮在空中輪廓線上方。PHRASES➤a view of the skyline空中輪廓剪影◇The roof commands a spectacular view of the skyline.房頂上能看到壯觀的空中剪影。