首页英语词典skeletonskeleton英英释意

skeleton

英['skelɪt(ə)n] 美['skɛlɪtn]
  • n. 骨架,骨骼;纲要;骨瘦如柴的人
  • adj. 骨骼的;骨瘦如柴的;概略的

英英释意


1. something reduced to its minimal form;
"the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self"
"the bare skeleton of a novel"
2. a scandal that is kept secret;
"there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet"
3. the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
4. the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape;
"the building has a steel skeleton"