Skeleton
[ 'skɛlɪtn ]
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n. （建筑物等的）骨架;骨骼;梗概;骨瘦如柴的人（或动物）;
adj. 骨骼的;骨瘦如柴的;概略的;基本的;
💡 词根助记
skele骨骼+ton名词后缀 → 骨骼,骨架
📝 例句
Only a skeleton crew was needed while the ship was tied up in dock.
在船停泊在船坞期间只需要骨干船员。
The individual grains are much more rigid than the grain skeleton.
颗粒本身远比颗粒格架坚硬。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※谐音“撕钙了疼”:骨骼要是思念钙了(缺钙)一定会疼
※ s-似数字“5”,ke-拼音“客,le-拼音“乐”,ton-吨:5位顾客乐意合购吨重的骷髅
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
skeleton
n
1
(a) framework of bones supporting an animal or a human body （动物或人的）骨骼, 骨架
The child was reduced to a skeleton, ie very thin because of hunger, illness, etc. 这孩子骨瘦如 柴.
(b) such a framework, or a model of it, fixed in the position it has in the body, used esp for the purposes of study 骨架或骨架模型（尤用於科研）
ape skeletons inthe museum 博物馆里的猿的骨架.
2
(a) any supportingstructure or framework, eg of a building 框架结构, 骨架结构（如建筑物的）
The block is still just a skeleton of girders. 这片建筑还只是仅有主梁的骨架.
(b) outline to which details are to be added 纲要; 提要
Her notes give us just the bare skeleton of her theory. 她的笔记只给我们提供了她的理论的梗概.
3 [attrib 作定语]
having the smallest possible number of people, vehicles, etc needed to run an operation （进行一项作业所需的）最起码数量的人员、 车辆等
a skeleton crew, staff, etc 最低数量的船员、 职员等
We only have a skeleton bus service on public holidays. 在公众假期, 只有最少量的公共汽车营运.
4 (idm 习语) a skeleton in the `cupboard secret which would embarrass sb if it became known （若揭露出来可能使某人难堪的）秘密
bribery of officials and other skeletons in the government's cupboard 政府中的官员受贿以及其他丑事.
🎯 考研助记
撕开里疼（谐音） 骨骼撕开里面一定很疼
🔁 扩展释义
*['skelәtn]n. 骨骼, 骨瘦如柴的人, 梗概, 骨干, 残骸a. 骨骼的, 概略的, 基层的, 骨干的【计】 骨架【医】 骨胳相关词组: be reduced to a skeleton
🏥 医学释义
①骨胳 ②轮廓，计划
📖 同为「博士」词汇
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If we buy the smaller one, the IBM PC386, we might have to change it in a few years' time for a bigger one.
如果我们买一台较小的IBM386的话，过几年可能就得换一台较大的机子。
Then grow some tomatoes in one box which has plant food in the soil and some in another box which doesn't.
然后，在一个箱子里种一些西红柿，里面的土有养料，而在另一个箱子里也种一些，但里面的土没有养料。
Companies that make telephones and computers and so on prefer to employ women.
生产电话、电子计算机等之类的公司，更喜欢雇佣女性。