| 单词 | bony |
| 释义 | bony (once / 1460 pages) adj Someone who's bony is very thin. Your cat may have been plump when he was young, and become bony as he got older. If you're so skinny that your bones are prominent, your friends might call you bony and encourage you to eat more. Another way to use the adjective bony is to mean "like bone" or "containing bone." Some animals have bony shells or protective plates — and you might not enjoy your fish dinner if it's way too bony. Bony shares a root with bone, the Old English ban, "bone or tusk." WORD FAMILYbony: bonier, boniest, bonily, boniness, bonyness+/bone: boned, boneless, bonelet, bonelike, bones, boney, boning, bony, debone/boneless: bonelessly/bones: boneses, boness/debone: deboned USAGE EXAMPLESThe lines provide a record of the tooth’s history: Each line represents the daily deposit of bony tissue called dentine within the tooth’s enamel shell. Science Magazine(Jan 02, 2017) But now their set jaws are even more square, and bony, to the point of being skeletal. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) In contrast, Trump’s vote “was incredibly efficient,” said Tom Bonier of TargetSmart, a Democratic data and strategy firm based in Washington. Seattle Times(Dec 09, 2016) 1adj composed of or containing bone Syn osseous, osteal 2adj having bones especially many or prominent bones a bony shad fillet her bony wrist bony fish Syn|Ant boney bone consisting of or made up of bone bonedhaving bones as specified bonelikeresembling bone strong-bonedhaving strong bones boneless being without a bone or bones boned, debonedhaving had the bones removed 3adj very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold emaciated bony hands Syn cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted lean, thin lacking excess flesh |
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