skeleton 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。 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。 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 quiet streets stretched out on either side like the arms of a skeleton . 静静的街道从两旁延伸出来,好象骷髅伸着两只枯臂。
All steroids contain a skeleton of 17 carbon atoms organized into four rings . 所有的类固醇都含有排列成四个环的17个碳原子的骨架。
I opened the cupboard door and then stood in front of it petrified . a skeleton was dangling before my eyes . 我打开橱门就站在橱前吓呆了。一具骷髅在我眼前摇晃。
A chief executive needed a high-powered chief of staff to control a vice president who had been given little to do, had a skeleton staff, and was in no position to "step into things . 一位总统居然需要一个大权在握的办公厅主任来控制一个手下只有少数工作人员,受命无几的、根本无法“插手”什么事的副总统。
The police unearthed a skeleton in his garden 警方在他的花园里挖出一具骸骨。
The block is still just a skeleton of girders 这片建筑还只是仅有主梁的骨架
The terrible secret is called a skeleton in the cupboard 惊人的秘密称作“柜中骷髅” 。
L took the uniform off a skeleton to stay warm 我穿制服只是为了保暖
I ' ll tell you a story make a skeleton cry 这个让骷髅都为之动容的故事