| 单词 | bone |
| 释义 | noun | verb bonebone1 /boʊn/ ●●● S2 W2 noun 1[countable] science, biology one of the hard parts that form the frame of a human or animal body: The bone was broken in two places. You shouldn’t give chicken bones to a dog.hip/cheek/leg etc. bone He broke his collar bone.big-boned/small-boned/fine-boned etc. (=with big, etc. bones) She was tall and big-boned. Amy has inherited her mother’s good bone structure (=shape of face).thigh/arm/wrist etc. bone The boy’s ankle bone had fractured.2make no bones about (doing) something to not feel nervous or ashamed about doing or saying something: Mr. Stutzman makes no bones about his religious beliefs.3be chilled/frozen to the bone to be extremely cold SYN be freezing4a bone of contention something that causes arguments between people: Her drinking became a bone of contention between them.5I have a bone to pick with you spoken used to tell someone that you are annoyed with him or her and want to talk about it: I have a bone to pick with you! Why didn’t you tell me Sheila was coming over tonight?6feel/know something in your bones to be sure that something is true, even though you have no proof and cannot explain why you are sure: I felt in my bones that he could not have done it.7close to the bone close to the truth in a way that may offend or upset people: His jokes were too close to the bone for most people.8skin and bone very thin SYN emaciated: The horses were skin and bone.9throw/toss somebody a bone informal to help someone in a small way because you feel sorry for him or her [Origin: Old English ban] → see also bag of bones at bag1 (8), bare bones, big-boned, cut something to the bone at cut1 (23), dry as a bone at dry1 (1), small-boned, work your fingers to the bone at work1 (25) noun | verb bonebone2 verb [transitive] to remove the bones from fish or meat: boned salmonbone up on something phrasal verb informal to learn a lot about a subject, especially before a test: I’ve spent the last two weeks boning up on medieval history. |
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