n. 1.骨骼,骷髅;(房屋、伞、扇子等的)骨架;残骸;(叶子的)脉络;筋。 2.骨瘦如柴的人[动物]。 3. 梗概,轮廓,概略。 4.骨干,基干;【军事】(官多兵少的)基干团[连];因战斗伤亡以致缺额极多的部队 〔= skeleton company, skeleton regiment〕。 5.不可外扬的丑事。 短语和例子 a mere [walking] skeleton 瘦得像骷髅一样的人。 a skeleton structure 骨架,结构。 adj. 1.骨骼的。 2.只剩骨架的;瘦得皮包骨头的。 3.概括的。 短语和例子 a skeleton army 基干部队;官多兵少的部队。 a skeleton-drill (人员不足额的)缩员演习。 a skeleton hand 青筋暴起的手。 be reduced to a skeleton (因病)瘦得像骷髅,瘦得只剩一把骨头。 be worn to a skeleton (因生活困苦)瘦得像骷髅。 family skeleton=skeleton in the cupboard [closet, house] (不可外扬的)家丑。 skeleton at the feast [banquet] 扫兴的东西。
the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton" 同义词:skeletal frame, frame, underframe,
the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal 同义词:skeletal system, frame, systema skeletale,
a scandal that is kept secret; "there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family''s closet" 同义词:skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard,
something reduced to its minimal form; "the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self"; "the bare skeleton of a novel"
例句与用法
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The outer one third has a cartilaginous skeleton . 外部13为软骨性骨骼。
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You should write the skeleton equation . 你应该列出基本方程式。
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Death is often shown in pictures as a human skeleton . 死神常被画成骷髅。
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Each animal has a chalky skeleton . 每个珊瑚虫有灰质的骨骼。
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I don't have any skeleton in my closet . 我没有任何家丑。
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The two starting materials have the same skeleton . 这两个起始原料有同样的骨架。
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There is a skeleton in every house . 每座房子都有支柱。
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It looks like six skeletons in front of that stone door ! 在这石头门前看上去就象有六副骨骼!
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The individual grains are much more rigid than the grain skeleton . 颗粒本身远比颗粒格架坚硬。
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Her notes give us just the bare skeleton of her theory . 她的笔记只给我们提供了她的理论的梗概。