| 单词 | bare bones |
| 释义 | bare bones (once / 46170 pages) n Anything bare bones has only the most basic elements or parts. The bare bones of a story is just the plot, or an outline without the details. A skeleton is a literal example of something bare bones. With no muscles, organs, or skin, a skeleton is only the frame of an animal. When something else is called bare bones, it means it's been stripped to only the most essential facts or parts. A bare bones rock band would have guitar, bass, drums, and no more. The bare bones roster of a basketball team would have only five players and no substitutes. Bare bones = no frills. WORD FAMILYbare bone: bare bones USAGE EXAMPLESI’ve had to go through it so many times and cut out so much that I feel I’m left now with the bare bones. Salon(Nov 02, 2016) Case management for families, as one provider declared to me, “is bare bones.” Washington Post(Oct 07, 2016) With minimal set and a cast of only two, this is theater stripped to its bare bones. Reuters(Sep 12, 2016) n (plural) the most basic facts or elements he told us only the bare bones of the story Hyper center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience |
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