skeleton
英 [ˈskelɪtn] 美 [ˈskɛlɪtn]

n.

（建筑物等的）骨架；骨骼；梗概；骨瘦如柴的人（或动物）

adj.

骨骼的；骨瘦如柴的；概略的；基本的

变形

复数：skeletons

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [C] 骨骼;骷髅 the framework of all the bones in a human or animal body
2. [C] 骨干，框架 such a framework,or a model of it,fixed in the position it has in the body,used especially for the purposes of study
3. [C] 梗概，提要 outline to which details are to be added

英英释义

skeleton[ 'skelitən ]

• n.
  • something reduced to its minimal form

    "the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self"; "the bare skeleton of a novel"

  • a scandal that is kept secret

    "there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet"

    同义词：skeleton in the closetskeleton in the cupboard

  • the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal

    同义词：skeletal systemframesystema skeletale

  • the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape

    "the building has a steel skeleton"

    同义词：skeletal frameframeunderframe

词组短语

steel skeleton钢骨架

skeleton structure骨架构造

skeleton staff基干人员

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. The block is still just a skeleton of girders.
   这片建筑还只是仅有主梁的骨架。
2. The director set out the plan in skeleton form.
   主任提纲挈领地说明了这一计划。
3. I've written the skeleton of my report, but I have to fill in the details.
   我已写出报告的梗概，但我必须补充细节。
4. The shell of a snail is its skeleton.
   蜗牛的壳是它的骨骼。
5. He is reduced almost to a skeleton.
   他瘦得几乎变成了一个骨头架子。
6. Many families have a skeleton in the closet.
   许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑。
7. The Smiths regarded their daughter's addiction to drugs as a family skeleton.
   史密斯夫妇把女儿吸毒成瘾视为家丑。

用作形容词(adj.)

1. As a part of the whole skeleton, oral maxillofacial bone loss has some association with systemic osteoporosis.
   做为全身骨骼的一部分，颌骨的骨丢失一直被认为与全身骨质疏松存在关联性。
2. Bone marrow hematopoietic microenvironment occupies the medullary cavities of bones throughout the skeleton and provides support for hematopoiesis and immune cells development.
   摘要骨髓造血微环境存在于全身骨骼的骨髓腔内，是机体造血以及免疫细胞发育的场所。

权威例句

The skeleton in forensic medicine
Skeleton based shape matching and retrieval
General Systems Theory--The Skeleton of Science
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IKK1-deficient mice exhibit abnormal development of skin and skeleton.
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Noggin, Cartilage Morphogenesis, and Joint Formation in the Mammalian Skeleton
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Pose space deformation:a unified approach to shape interpolation and skeleton-driven deformation