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    skeleton

    • IPA[ˈskɛlɪtn]

    英式

    • n.
      an internal or external framework of bone, cartilage, or other rigid material supporting or containing the body of an animal or plant；used in reference to a very thin or emaciated person or animal

    • noun: skeleton, plural noun: skeletons

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    名詞

    • 1. an internal or external framework of bone, cartilage, or other rigid material supporting or containing the body of an animal or plant the human skeleton
    • ▪ used in reference to a very thin or emaciated person or animal she was no more than a skeleton at the end 同義詞 skin and bone, stick, scrag, informalbag of bones, skinnymalinky, ... 更多
    • ▪ the remaining part of something after its life or usefulness is gone the chapel was stripped to a skeleton of its former self
    • 2. the supporting framework, basic structure, or essential part of something the concrete skeleton of an unfinished building the skeleton of a report 同義詞 framework, basic structure, frame, shell, chassis, ... 更多
    • ▪ denoting the essential or minimum number of people, things, or parts necessary for something there was only a skeleton staff on duty
    • 3. a small toboggan for one person, ridden head first while lying in a prone position the skeleton's runners make a terrifying rumbling sound as they slide down the ice she can hit 70+ mph on her skeleton sled
    • ▪ a sport in which a competitor races down a frozen track on a skeleton sled the former heptathlete took up skeleton in 2010 the Canadian men's skeleton team

    skeleton key

    • n.
      a key designed to fit many locks by having the interior of the bit hollowed.

    Oxford American Dictionary

    Skeleton Coast

    • ph.
      an arid coastal area in Namibia. Comprised of the northern part of the Namib desert, it extends ...

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    Skeleton Coast

    • ph.
      an arid coastal area in Namibia. Comprising the northern part of the Namib desert, it extends ...

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    skeleton key

    • n.
      a key designed to fit many locks by having the interior of the bit hollowed.

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    skeleton at the feast

    • ph.
      a person or thing that brings gloom or sadness to an otherwise pleasant or celebratory occasion

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    skeleton in the closet

    • ph.
      a discreditable or embarrassing fact that someone wishes to keep secret

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    skeleton in the cupboard

    • ph.
      a discreditable or embarrassing fact that someone wishes to keep secret

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    ghost (or skeleton) at the feast

    • ph.
      a person or thing that brings gloom to an otherwise pleasant occasion

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    skeleton

    • IPA[ˈskelətn]

    美式

    • n.
      an internal or external framework of bone, cartilage, or other rigid material supporting or ... the human skeleton

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