| 单词 | bone |
| 释义 | boneWord family adjectivebonedbonelessbonynounbonerboninessbone chinabonefishboneheadbonesetbonesetterboneshakerboneyardbone Human bone1 /bəʊn $ boʊn/ ●●● S2 W2 noun 1 BODY[countableC]HBHHBA one of the hard parts that together form the frame of a human, animal, or fish body 骨头，骨 The X-ray showed that the bone was broken in two places. X光检查显示有两处骨折。 hip/leg/cheek etc bone (=the bone in your hip etc) 髋骨/腿骨/颧骨等 He broke his collar bone. 他锁骨骨折。 big-boned/fine-boned/small-boned etc (=with big etc bones) 骨架大的/纤细的/小的等 She was tall and big-boned. 她个子高，骨架子很大。 Amelia had inherited her mother’s good bone structure. 阿梅莉亚遗传了母亲的优美骨架。 2 [uncountableU] a substance made of bones 骨质物 the bone handle of his dagger 他短剑上的骨质手柄 3 the bare bones SIMPLE/NOT COMPLICATEDthe simplest and most important details of something 最基本的内容，梗概 I can’t tell you more than the bare bones of what happened. 我只能把发生的事情说个大概给你听。 Examples from the Corpus the bare bones• These are the bare bones of a long and distinguished scientific career.• The above is the bare bones of the arrangement.• Rip Rig created a heady hybrid out of the bare bones of jazz improvisation, dub-funk rhythms and punk attitude.• The strength of this book is that it puts flesh on the bare bones of this argument.• We have outlined only the bare bones of the B & B method.• Many different lines of evidence may be used to flesh out the bare bones of the fossils.• This is boxing stripped down to the bare bones.• GUIs provide the padding to the bare bones of the system. 4 make no bones about (doing) something HONESTto not feel nervous or ashamed about doing or saying something 对（做）某事毫无顾忌，对（做）某事毫不犹豫 Mary made no bones about enjoying a drink. 玛丽大大方方地喝了一杯。 Examples from the Corpus make no bones about (doing) something• The secretary was enormously dissatisfied with how some of our programs were being managed, and made no bones about it.• Well, the two of them had made no bones about what they thought of her.• At least he made no bones about it.• He made no bones about displaying his artistic temperament.• He made no bones about stating his own views or criticising theirs.• I make no apology or make no bones about being partisan.• Mr. Stutzman makes no bones about his religious beliefs.• These five women made no bones about national honor or scientific achievement. 5 bone of contention DISAGREEsomething that causes arguments between people 争执的原因，争议的焦点 The examination system has long been a serious bone of contention in this country. 考试制度长期以来都是这个国家争议很大的话题。 Examples from the Corpus bone of contention• Personal appearances always seemed to be a bone of contention.• Schools are, by far, the largest part of the state budget and often a bone of contention.• Mr Zhao's fate, and by association his legacy, have become a big bone of contention in the leadership.• But the pool table proved to be a bigger bone of contention.• The initial bone of contention was the question of the terms on which sympathizers should be admitted to the Party.• Churchill had been the latest bone of contention, as he had begun to make public speeches which Chamberlain clearly found embarrassing.• I did know that this was in fact the main bone of contention upstairs.• The way we manage money has been the only real bone of contention between us.• It is the positions of the international boundaries and access to natural resources that are the real bones of contention.• The new tax on property is likely to become a serious bone of contention. 6. be chilled/frozen to the bone COLDto be extremely cold 寒冷刺骨 Examples from the Corpus be chilled/frozen to the bone• By that time I was chilled to the bone, exhausted from the relentless battering of the traffic, sullen and depressed.• The target unit is chilled to the bone, causing limbs to snap and weapons to break.• I swear you are frozen to the bone. 7 skin and bone very thin 瘦得皮包骨的 She was all skin and bone. 她瘦得皮包骨。 Examples from the Corpus skin and bone• They are eyes and skins and bones and toes and brains and instincts.• Remove any skin and bones and rinse in cold water.• Remove pheasant carcass and pull off any meat; discard skin and bones.• When she died, she was just skin and bone.• Four feet eleven inches of skin and bone, but a terrible sight to behold when roused.• Remove chicken, trim off skin and bones, and return chicken in large pieces to the soup.• The inflammation was where there had been only skin and bone before.• Remove skin and bones from poached chicken. 8. a bag of bones THIN PERSONsomeone who is much too thin 骨瘦如柴的人，骨头架子 9 feel/know something in your bones PREDICTto be certain that something is true, even though you have no proof and cannot explain why you are certain 从内心里感受到某事，凭直觉确信某事为真，预感到会有某事 She knew that something good was sure to happen; she could feel it in her bones. 她觉得肯定有好事要发生了，她有这样的预感。 Examples from the Corpus feel/know something in your bones• I know nothing's ever going to happen - I can feel it in my bones.• I can feel it in my bones.• The fog horn started booming, a deep, thrilling vibration that Madame Astarti could feel resonate in her bones.• He could feel it in his bones, and he knew he could trust the feeling.• Something was very wrong, she could feel it in her bones, but what was it?• She could feel it in her bones.• He felt sure in his bones that their man would try something tonight.• And he was innocent of murder; she felt it in her bones. 10. have a bone to pick with somebody spokenARGUE used to tell someone that you are annoyed with them and want to talk about it 对某人不满，对某人有怨言 11 close to the bone HONESTa remark, statement etc that is close to the bone is close to the truth in a way that may offend someone 〔言论等〕过于直率的，露骨的 His jokes were a bit close to the bone. 他的玩笑有点露骨。 12 cut something to the bone REDUCEto reduce costs, services etc as much as possible 把〔成本、服务等〕削减到最低程度 Shops cut prices to the bone in the January sales. 1月份大减价的时候，各个商店都把价格降到了最低。 Examples from the Corpus cut something to the bone• The company laid off employees and cut expenses to the bone.• His mockery, which he meant as love, frightened and cut her to the bone.• Oh, Peggy, to hear you say that ... that you're lonely, cuts me to the bone.• Anything would have been better than this ice-cold contempt that cut her to the bone.• These icy cold droplets seemed to cut through to the bone as if to punish him for the way he was.• It had a lethal edge now which cut her to the bone. 13 on the bone DFmeat that is served on the bone is still joined to the bone 〔肉〕带骨的 a boiled ham on the bone 煮熟的带骨火腿 Examples from the Corpus on the bone• The robes were stained and torn, but there still seemed to be some blood on the bones.• It came to rest with corpses of slow woolly mammoths frozen deep inside, it lay on the bones of sabre-toothed tigers.• If there is some meat left on the bones, all the better.• Meat left on the bones will only add to the flavor of the stock.• Decay leaves little modification on the bone.• There is some roughage on the bone that causes swelling and pain.• They took great care and were concentrating on a small area, trying hard not to tread on the bones. 14 off the bone DFmeat that is served off the bone has been cut away from the bone 〔肉〕脱骨的，去骨的 → dry as a bone at dry1(1), → work your fingers to the bone at work1(29) roasted duck, off the bone 去骨烤鸭 Examples from the Corpus off the bone• Roast in preheated oven until the meat falls off the bone easily, 2 / 2 to 3 hours.• As they are quite tiny, quail are most often savored by nibbling the juicy meat right off the bone. n COLLOCATIONS ADJECTIVES/NOUN + bone broken The doctor thought that I had a broken bone in my wrist. Luckily the bone wasn't broken. a thigh/hip/ankle etc bone He was so thin that his hip bones were sticking out. human/animal bones verbsThey dug up a lot of human bones from under the castle. break a bone I hope you haven't broken a bone. fracture a bone (=to break a bone so that a line appears on the surface) bone + NOUNSally fell, fracturing a bone in her leg. bone structure (=the shape of your face, formed by the bones in it) She had beautiful eyes and fine bone structure. bone disease He suffered from a rare bone disease. Examples from the Corpus bone• My son feels long and stringy now, all sinew, veins and bone.• The hip and femur bones were fused together and no movement was possible at that joint.• Fatigue seeps like ice water into bones and joints.• They flowed into the taut nostrils and along the prominent bones in the cheek.• Rib chops are identified by the slightly curved rib bone and the presence of the rib-eye muscle outside of the curve.• A gust of wet wind blew down the alleyway, chilling me to the bone.• They have looked upon the bones of the prehistoric dead and seen evidence of a Stone Age holocaust.• Did you give this bone to the dog?• Trampling Another source of modification to bone that begins soon after death is dispersal and breakage by trampling.• She broke two bones in her arm. bone structure• He says it can distort bone structure, even cause heart problems.• She had excellent bone structure, a well-shaped determined chin, a good figure and long legs.• As she tilted her face upwards to answer, her bone structure was thrown into transitory relief.• The neck itself is subject to a form of clinical exposure, its bone structure shifting and projecting.• Maxine has the right bone structure to be a model.• Paula Grey, a raven haired girl in her early thirties with strong bone structure, had just entered the office.• Under the microscope even the bone structure of these dinosaurs looks more like that of living mammals than cold-blooded reptiles.• His features were delicate; he had the bone structure of a professional model.• This is a young woman whose bone structure is not fully developed. Food bone2 verb [transitiveT] 1 DFto remove the bones from fish or meat 剔掉…的骨头，去掉…的骨 boned breast and thigh meat 去骨的胸脯肉和大腿肉 2 bone up on something phrasal verbphr v STUDYto learn as much as you can about a subject, because you need the knowledge, for example for an examination 〔为考试等〕钻研，苦读 I have to bone up on criminal law for a test next week. 我得苦读刑法准备下个星期的考试。 Examples from the Corpus bone up on • A really thorough murderer would have boned up on both subjects more intently.• So if you hate the theory so much, how come you're so boned up on it?• Bob Djurdjevic bones up on pork belly futures.• Talk about boning up on sorrow.• Listeners preparing to bone up on the one-act Strauss shocker opening Oct. 18 should consider this Vienna production.• I spent the time before it boning up on things like Troops Out.• In his first day, Bulger began boning up on university business and spoke by phone with campus chancellors. Examples from the Corpus bone• Scrape meat away from leg:, bone and remove bones.• boned salmon• I spent the time before it boning up on things like Troops Out. Old English ban |
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