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| 1 | C one of the hard parts that form a frame inside the body of a human or animal . This frame is called a skeleton 骨；骨头 |
| She fell and broke a bone in her foot. 她跌倒，摔断了脚上的一根骨头。 |
| Cook the fish, then carefully remove the bones. 把鱼煮熟，然后仔细把鱼刺剔掉。 |
| He was thin, and his hip bones stuck out. 他很瘦，髋骨突了出来。 |
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| 2 | U the substance that bones are made of 骨质；骨质物 |
| The archaeologists found fragments of bone. 考古学家发现了碎骨片。 |
| | 2a | made of bone 骨质的；骨制的 | | a chess set with carved bone pieces 用骨头雕刻而成的一副国际象棋 | |
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| - | a bone of contention
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| something that people disagree or argue about |
| 争论的问题；争议点 |
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| The main bone of contention between us is our children’ s education. 我们之间主要争论的是孩子的教育问题。 |
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| - | chilled/frozen to the bone
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| feeling very cold in every part of your body |
| 寒冷刺骨 |
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| - | close to the bone
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| telling the truth about a subject that people prefer not to think about , in a way that may offend or upset people |
| 露骨的 |
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| His comments about racism may be too close to the bone for some people. 他对种族歧视的评论对于有些人来说也许太露骨了。 |
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| - | cut/trim/pare sth to the bone
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| to reduce something to the lowest possible level or amount |
| 把某物减少到最低限度；使某物最小化 |
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| We’ ve had to cut our profit margins to the bone in order to survive. 为了生存我们得把利润率减到最低限度。 |
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| - | feel/know sth in your bones
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| to feel certain about something , although you cannot explain or prove it |
| 凭直觉确信某事；从心底预感某事 |
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| Something was wrong – she could feel it in her bones. 出事了，她可以凭直觉确信。 |
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| - | have a bone to pick with sb informal
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| to want to talk to someone about something they have done that has annoyed you |
| 向某人提意见；向某人抱怨 |
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| I’ ve got a bone to pick with you. 我有点意见要向你提一下。 |
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| - | make no bones about sth
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| to talk about or do something in a very open way without feeling ashamed or embarrassed |
| 毫不顾忌地说（或做）某事 |
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| He makes no bones about the fact that he wants my job. 他恬不知耻地说他想抢我的饭碗。 |
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| - | no broken bones/no bones broken BRITISH spoken
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| used for saying that someone is not badly hurt |
| 没有伤到一根骨头；没怎么伤着 |
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| ‘Oh, sorry, are you hurt?’ ‘It’ s OK, no bones broken.’ “对不起，你受伤了吗？”“还行，没怎么伤着。” |
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| - | not have a bad/jealous etc bone in your body
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| used for emphasizing that someone is not bad/jealous etc in any way |
| 不坏/不妒忌等 |
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| - | on/off the bone
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| withwithout the bones still in it |
| 带/不带骨头 |
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| All these curries are made with chicken off the bone. 所有这些咖喱食品都是用脱骨的鸡肉做成的。 |
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| - | pick over the bones of sth
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| to examine something very carefully in order to find anything of value and keep it for yourself |
| 仔细检查某事；审查某事 |
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| There wasn’ t much left of the estate after the lawyers had picked over the bones. 律师审查后财产所剩无几。 |
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| See also | | - bag 1 | | - bare 1 | | - dry 1 1b | | - skin 1 | |
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