skeleton

英 ['skelɪt(ə)n] 美['skɛlɪtn]

近义词support frame shape structure framework shell

n. 骨架，骨骼；纲要；骨瘦如柴的人
adj. 骨骼的；骨瘦如柴的；概略的

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中文词源

skeleton 骨骼，骨架，梗概，纲要

来自拉丁语 sceleton,骨骼，骨架，来自希腊语 skeleton soma,骨架，字面意思为干枯的身体，来自 skeletos,干枯的，来自 skellein,使干燥，使硬化，词源同 sclerosis,shallow,soma,身体，词源同 somatic,chromosome.引申比喻义梗概，纲要等。

词态变化

复数: skeletons;

英文词源

skeleton: skeleton: [16] A skeleton is etymologically a ‘dried-up’ or ‘withered’ body. The word comes via modern Latin from Greek skeletón, short for sóma skeletón ‘dried-up body’. The adjective skeletós was derived from skéllein ‘dry up, wither’, and was related to sklērós ‘dry, hard’, from which English gets sclerosis [14].
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skeleton (n.): 1570s, from Modern Latin sceleton "bones, bony framework of the body," from Greek skeleton soma "dried-up body, mummy, skeleton," from neuter of skeletos "dried-up" (also, as a noun, "dried body, mummy"), from skellein "dry up, make dry, parch," from PIE root *skele- "to parch, wither" (see sclero-).

Skelton was an early variant form. The noun use of Greek skeletos passed into Late Latin (sceletus), hence French squelette and rare English skelet (1560s), Spanish esqueleto, Italian scheletro. The meaning "bare outline" is first recorded c. 1600; hence skeleton crew (1778), skeleton key, etc. Phrase skeleton in the closet "source of secret shame to a person or family" is from 1812.

双语例句

1. A skeleton staff of 20 is being kept on.: 留下了20名骨干人员。

2. The skeleton consists of differently shaped bones held together by ligaments.: 人体骨架是由依靠韧带连接的形状相异的骨头构成。

3. Only a skeleton staff remains to show anyone interested around the site.: 只有一小部分必需的工作人员留在那里，带有兴趣的人参观遗址。

4. The human skeleton consists of 206 bones.: 人的骨骼由206块骨头组成。

5. The boy bent curiously to the skeleton of the buck.: 这个男孩好奇地弯下身去看鹿的骸骨.

英英释意

1. something reduced to its minimal form;: "the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self"; "the bare skeleton of a novel"

2. a scandal that is kept secret;: "there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet"

3. the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal

4. the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape;: "the building has a steel skeleton"

考试真题

The traditional textbook merely serves as a skeleton.

a mere skeleton of traditional textbooks

Not only will the sunken plane create the perfect skeleton for artificial reef growth, but authorities hope this new underwater attraction will bring tourists to the area.

Todd Park, a local detective, said the method has helped him learn more about an unidentified woman whose skeleton was found near Great Salt Lake.

实用场景例句

The human skeleton consists of 206 bones.: 人的骨骼由206块骨头组成。

a dinosaur skeleton: 恐龙骨架

Only the concrete skeleton of the factory remained.: 厂房只剩下混凝土骨架了。

Examples were used to flesh out the skeleton of the argument.: 通过例证使干巴巴的论点充实起来。

There will only be a skeleton staff on duty over the holiday.: 假期将只留必需的少数职员值班。

We managed to operate a skeleton bus service during the strike.: 罢工期间，我们设法保持最起码的公共汽车营运。

...a human skeleton.: 人体骨骼

Only a skeleton staff remains to show anyone interested around the site.: 只有一小部分必需的工作人员留在那里，带有兴趣的人参观遗址。

Only skeletons of buildings remained.: 只剩下了建筑物的框架。

...a skeleton of policy guidelines.: 政策纲领的概要

Mr Worthing is this election's Mr Nice Guy, without any skeletons in his cupboard.: 沃辛先生是此次选举中的正派先生，本身没有任何见不得人的丑事。

He is a walking skeleton.: 他真是瘦骨如柴.

The boy bent curiously to the skeleton of the buck.: 这个男孩好奇地弯下身去看鹿的骸骨.

This is exactly the skeleton needed to build up site management functionality on.: 这是创建站点管理功能的脚手架.

I don't have skeleton in my closet!: 我没有什么不可告人的秘密!

This paper mainly devotes to study limit theory of Markov skeleton processes through renewal method.: 利用侯振挺教授等人提出的马尔可夫骨架过程理论讨论了传染病数学模型.

A long illness made a skeleton out of him.: 长期的卧病使他骨瘦如柴.

Every family has a skeleton in the cupBoard.: 每个家庭都有不可告人的秘密.

The result is a stable skeleton that results in a smooth and vibration less driving experience.: 这一切所组成的就是一套稳定龙骨结构,从而使车在行驶时能保持平稳、无震动.

It also develops a model of management information system and the software technology skeleton.: 最后提出了电子商务时代企业信息系统的管理技术模型和软件技术构架.

They're giving a plastic model skeleton away with a children's book on the body.: 他们在一个塑料骨骼模型的身体里附赠了一本育儿书.

The machine skeleton uses the steel plate overall welding structure, firm is durable.: 机器构架采用钢板整体焊接结构, 坚固耐用.

Her body was so thin that one could almost see her skeleton.: 她那么瘦,几乎都能看清她的骨头架子.

All steroids contain a skeleton of 17 carbon atoms organized into four rings.: 所有的类固醇都含有排列成四个环的17个碳原子的骨架.

The most impressive find is the nearly complete skeleton of a huge Columbian mammoth.: 最震撼的发现是几乎完整的一具大型哥伦比亚猛犸的骨架.

The only person I know who has a skeleton in the cupboard is Carlton.: 我所认识的唯一的在柜中藏骷嵝的人便是乔治.卡尔顿.

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