Skeleton
['skelɪt(ə)n] or ['skɛlɪtn]
解释:
(noun.) the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; 'the building has a steel skeleton'.
(noun.) a scandal that is kept secret; 'there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet' .
(noun.) something reduced to its minimal form; 'the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self'; 'the bare skeleton of a novel'.
弗雷达录入--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal.
(n.) The more or less firm or hardened framework of an invertebrate animal.
(n.) A very thin or lean person.
(n.) The framework of anything; the principal parts that support the rest, but without the appendages.
(n.) The heads and outline of a literary production, especially of a sermon.
(a.) Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal.
手打:玛吉
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Framework.[2]. Sketch, outline, draught, rough draught.
编辑:沃伦
解释:
n. the bones of an animal separated from the flesh and preserved in their natural position: the framework or outline of anything: a very lean and emaciated person: a very thin form of light-faced type.—adj. pertaining to a skeleton—also Skel′etal.—ns. Skeletog′eny (-toj′-); Skeletog′raphy; Skeletol′ogy.—v.t. Skel′etonise to reduce to a skeleton.—n. Skel′eton-key a key for picking locks without the inner bits.—Skeleton in the cupboard closet house &c. some hidden domestic source of sorrow or shame.
整理:洛厄尔
娱乐性解释：
To dream of seeing a skeleton, is prognostic of illness, misunderstanding and injury at the hands of others, especially enemies. To dream that you are a skeleton, is a sign that you are suffering under useless worry, and should cultivate a milder disposition. If you imagine that one haunts you, there will soon come to you a shocking accident or death, or the trouble may take the form of financial disaster.
手打:劳里
例句:
- The glyptodon was a monstrous South American armadillo, and a human skeleton has been found by Roth buried beneath its huge tortoise-like shell. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Perhaps the skeleton in the cupboard comes out to be talked to, on such domestic occasions? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- I had quite lost my stomach, and was almost reduced to a skeleton. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- It was the skeleton in his house, and all the family walked by it in terror and silence. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Since then they have taken the form of iron skeleton towers. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Most despicable would it be to come for the sake of those sheep-faced Sunday scholars, and not for my sake or that long skeleton Moore's. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- There is a skeleton in your cupboard here at Blackwater Park that has peeped out in these last few days at other people besides yourself. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- To call them virtues in their isolation is like taking the skeleton for the living body. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- A further glance revealed a second skeleton upon the bed. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- I have never seen any money in the house,' said Mrs Lammle to the skeleton, 'except my own annuity. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- The outer masonry walls are built around the skeleton frame, as seen in Fig. 236, and the details of connections for the floor members appear in Fig. 237. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- I almost think yon besotted skeleton spoke truth, and that the reluctance with which I part from thee hath something in it more than is natural. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Turning up the cuffs of his dress-coat--he had placed his overcoat on a chair--Holmes laid out two drills, a jemmy, and several skeleton keys. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- A servant then entering with toast, the skeleton retired into the closet, and shut itself up. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Now, waxwork and skeleton seemed to have dark eyes that moved and looked at me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- They have got some remarkably fine skeletons lately at the College of Surgeons, says Mr. Candy, across the table, in a loud cheerful voice. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- And by the way,' I said aloud, 'I suppose you never draw any skeletons now? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- They are closet-skeletons which we keep and shun. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- I saw the skeletons of a man, a woman, and two young girls. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- One of the best-known Neanderthal skeletons is that of a youth who apparently had been deliberately interred. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- My mind flew back to Salem House; and could it be Tommy, I thought, who used to draw the skeletons! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- They were the decaying skeletons of departed mails, and in that lonely place, at that time of night, they looked chill and dismal. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- There are two bronze skeletons bearing scrolls, and two great dragons uphold the sarcophagus. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- In the skeletons of the several breeds, the development of the bones of the face, in length and breadth and curvature, differs enormously. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- To them chains were fastened, and at the ends of many of the chains were human skeletons. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- Behind her, depending from the roof upon rawhide thongs, and stretching entirely across the cave, was a row of human skeletons. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- There are also the skeletons of the microscopic creatures called Radiolaria. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Professor Porter and Mr. Philander were deeply interested in examining the skeletons. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- He may have been personally acquainted with some of these Phoenicians whose skeletons we have been examining. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Was there anything peculiar about any of those skeletons? 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
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