welkin

• n. 天空；苍穹；天宫

来自PIE*welg,湿的，降水，引申词义云彩，天空，现该词主要见于古文。词义演变比较sky,原义为云彩。

welkin (n.)

"sky" (poetic), Old English wolcen "cloud," also "sky, heavens," from Proto-Germanic *welk- (cognates: Old Saxon wolkan, Old Frisian wolken, Middle Dutch wolke, Dutch wolk, Old High German wolka, German Wolke "cloud," from PIE *welg- "wet" (cognates: Lithuanian vilgyti "to moisten," Old Church Slavonic vlaga "moisture," Czech vlhky "damp").

1. He danced , howled, raved , and otherwise disturbed the welkin.

他又跳, 又吼,又叫, 使尽各种伎俩来搅扰这苍穹.

来自英汉文学 - 欧亨利