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- any of the pieces of hard, whitish tissue making up the skeleton in humans and other vertebrates骨,骨头：
his injuries included many broken bones
他的伤包括多处骨折
a shoulder bone.
肩胛骨。
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one's bones
one's body身体, 骨骼：he hauled his tired bones upright.
他舒展疲惫的身体。
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bones
a corpse or skeleton尸体, 骨骸：the diggers turned up the bones of a fifteen-year-old girl.
挖掘者挖出一个15岁女孩的尸体。
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bones
figurative the basic or essential framework of something〈喻〉基本结构, 基本框架：you need to put some flesh on the bones of your idea.
你还得往你的基本构思里加点实在的东西。
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- a bone of an animal with meat on it fed to a dog（喂狗的）带肉骨头。
- The substance of bones is formed by specialized cells (osteoblasts) which secrete around themselves a material containing calcium salts (which provide hardness and strength in compression) and collagen fibres (which provide tensile strength). Many bones have a central cavity containing marrow.
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- mass noun the calcified material of which bones consist骨质：
an earring bone.
骨质耳环。
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- a substance similar to this such as ivory, dentine, or whalebone象牙; 牙质; 鲸鱼骨。
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- （常作bones）a thing made or formerly made of such a substance, such as a strip of stiffening for a foundation garment or strapless dress（支撑衣服用的）鲸骨。
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- （一般作bones）(in southern Africa) one of a set of carved dice or bones used by traditional healers in divination（南部非洲）占卜用的骨头。
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- with obj. remove the bones from (meat or fish) before cooking it剔骨。
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- with obj. US vulgar slang (of a man) have sexual intercourse with (someone)〈美, 粗俚〉（男人）与（某人）性交。
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- no obj.
bone up on
informal study (a subject) intensively, typically in preparation for something〈非正式〉（尤指为应付某事而）苦学; 临时抱佛脚： she boned up on languages she had learned long ago and went back to New Guinea.
她临时抱佛脚温习了一下很久以前学的语言然后就回了新几内亚。
短语
bone of contention
- a subject or issue over which there is continuing disagreement争端的焦点：
the examination system has long been a serious bone of contention.
考试制度一直是大家热烈争论的焦点。
close to （或near） the bone
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- (of a remark) penetrating and accurate to the point of causing hurt or discomfort（言语）伤人的, 令人不舒服的。
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- (of a joke or story) likely to cause offence because near the limit of decency（笑话、故事）近乎下流的。
cut （或pare） something to the bone
- reduce something to the bare minimum使最小化：
costs will have to be cut to the bone.
成本必须降到最低程度。
have a bone to pick with someone
- informal have reason to disagree or be annoyed with someone〈非正式〉同…有争端要解决; 对…有理由怀恨。
in one's bones
- felt, understood, believed, or known very deeply or instinctively深深地（或本能地）感到, 理解, 相信, 知道：
something good was bound to happen; he could feel in his bones.
他本能地觉得一定会有好事发生。
make no bones about
- have no hesitation in stating or dealing with (something), however unpleasant, awkward, or distasteful it is对…毫不犹豫,对…直言不讳：
he makes no bones about his feelings towards the militants.
他直言不讳地说出了自己对激进分子们的态度。
not have a - bone in one's body
- have not the slightest trace of the specified quality没有一点（某种特性）：
she hasn't got a sympathetic bone in her body.
她一点同情心都没有。
off the bone
- (of meat or fish) having had the bone or bones removed before being cooked, served, or sold（肉、鱼）剔掉骨头的, 无骨的。
on the bone
- (of meat or fish) having the bone or bones left in when cooked, served, or sold（肉、鱼）未剔骨头的, 带骨的。
point the bone at
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- Austral. (of an Aboriginal) cast a spell on (someone) so as to cause their sickness or death〈澳〉（土著人）以凶符骨指向…咒其生病（或丧命）。
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- figurative betray (someone); let (someone) down〈喻〉背叛; 辜负。
- ORIGIN: from an Australian Aboriginal ritual, in which a bone is pointed at a victim.
throw the bones
- S. African use divining bones to foretell the future or discover the source of a difficulty by studying the pattern they form when thrown on the ground〈南非〉占卜。
to the bone
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- (of a wound) so deep as expose a person's bone伤至骨头：
his thigh had been axed open to the bone
他的大腿被斧头砍伤及骨头
figurative his contempt cut her to the bone.
〈喻〉他的轻视对她伤害极深。
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- (especially of cold) affecting a person in a very penetrating way（尤指感冒）给某人带来极深影响。
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- see to one's bones below.见下面to one's bones.
to one's bones （或to the bone）
- used to emphasize that a person has a specified quality or experience in an overwhelming or very fundamental way深入骨髓; 彻底地, 到极点：
he's a cop to the bone.
他是个地地道道的警察。
what's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh （或blood）
- proverb a person's behaviour or characteristics are determined by their heredity.〈谚〉 江山易改, 本性难移。
work one's fingers to the bone
- work very hard不住手地干; 勤奋工作。
词源
Old English bán, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch been and German Bein.