英语词汇“skeleton bobsleigh”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

skeleton /skelˈi-t(ə)n/

noun

The internal or external framework of bones of a person or an animal

The veins of a leaf

A framework or outline of anything

A scheme reduced to its essential or indispensable elements

A workforce, etc reduced to its lowest strength

An emaciated person or animal (informal)

adjective

Of or like a skeleton

(of a workforce, etc) reduced to its lowest strength

ORIGIN: Gr skeleton (sōma), dried (body), from skellein to dry

skelˈetal adjective

skelˈetally adverb

skeletogenous /-tojˈ/ adjective

Skeleton-forming

skelˈetonize or skelˈetonise transitive verb

To reduce to a skeleton or minimum framework

To create the basic framework for

skeleton bob or skeleton bobsleigh noun

A small flat sledge with no steering mechanism on which one person races head-first down an ice-covered course

skeleton key noun

A key with its serrated edge or the shaped part of its bit filed down, so that it can open many locks

skeleton shrimp noun

A ghostly-looking amphipod (genus Caprella)

skeleton suit noun (historical)

An early-19c boy's suit with the trousers buttoning over the coat

a skeleton in the cupboard or (US) closet

A hidden domestic sorrow or shame