| 单词 | skeleton |
| 释义 | Word Frequency skeleton(ˈskɛlɪtən) noun 1. a hard framework consisting of inorganic material that supports and protects the soft parts of an animal's body and provides attachment for muscles: may be internal (an endoskeleton), as in vertebrates, or external (an exoskeleton), as in arthropods See also endoskeleton, exoskeleton 2. informal a very thin emaciated person or animal 3. the essential framework of any structure, such as a building or leaf, that supports or determines the shape of the rest of the structure 4. a small sleigh for racing over a frozen track, steered by the rider by movements of the head and shoulders 5. a winter sport in which a rider races down a frozen track on a skeleton sleigh 6. an outline consisting of bare essentials the skeleton of a novel 7. (modifier) US and Canadian reduced to a minimum a skeleton staff 8. skeleton in the cupboard Derived forms skeletal (ˈskeletal) adjective skeletally (ˈskeletally) adverb skeleton-like (ˈskeleton-ˌlike) adjective Word origin C16: via New Latin from Greek: something desiccated, from skellein to dry up |
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