| 释义 |
to the bone1(Of a wound) so deep as to expose a person’s bone: his thigh had been axed open to the bone figurative his contempt cut her to the bone...- It was a deep wound, not quite to the bone but not just skin either.
- One of the operations was to repair his left hand and stitch up stab wounds, which cut through to the bone.
- She did not wince as blades sunk deeper to the bone.
1.1(Especially of cold) affecting a person in a penetrating way: he was cold to the bone...- The blue-green sky of Pomen was partly cloudy, and although the afternoon sun tried to warm the proceedings below, it was a cold day that chilled to the bone.
- The room seemed to have lost all its warmth and the torch's fire seemed to be diffusing only cold, chilling to the bone.
- Neko woke up, freezing cold, soaked to the bone with sweat.
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