skeleton
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT Your skeleton is the framework of bones in your body. 骨骼
...a human skeleton. …人體骨骼。
2. ADJ A skeleton staff is the smallest number of staff necessary in order to run an organization or service. 最起碼的 (員工)[ADJ n]
Only a skeleton staff remains to show anyone interested around the site. 只有極少數(shù)的員工留下來帶領(lǐng)感興趣的人參觀場地。
3. N-COUNT The skeleton of something such as a building or a plan is its basic framework. (樓房或計劃的) 構(gòu)架; 框架
The town of Rudbar had ceased to exist, with only skeletons of buildings remaining. 魯?shù)掳蜖柍且巡淮嬖?，只剩一些建筑骨架?/p>
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skeleton /?sk?l?t?n/ (skeletons)
劍橋詞典
- the frame of bones supporting a human or animal body
- The discovery of the dinosaur skeleton has cast light on why they became extinct .
- They used carbon dating tests to authenticate the claim that the skeleton was 2 million years old .
- We went to see the dinosaur skeletons in the Natural History Museum.
- They found a human skeleton under the building's foundations .
- He was so thin that you could see his skeleton through his skin .
骨骼，骨架
We found an old sheep skeleton up on the cliffs . 我們在懸崖上發(fā)現(xiàn)了一副老綿羊的骨架。
figurative Her long illness reduced her to a skeleton (= made her very thin ). 長期的疾病使她瘦得只剩皮包骨頭了。
the most basic form or structure of something
框架；梗概，綱要
The skeleton of my book is written/My book is in skeleton form - now I just have to add the details . 我的書已經(jīng)有了框架——現(xiàn)在我只需要添加細節(jié)了。
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