skeleton
skeleton
noun
skeleton in the cupboard
skeletonize
verb
noun
- an internal or external framework of bone, cartilage, or other rigid material supporting or containing the body of an animal or plant
骨骼
■used in exaggerated reference to a very thin or emaciated person or animal
瘦骨嶙峋（或憔悴）的人（或动物）
she was no more than a skeleton at the end.
她最后瘦得只剩下骨头。
■the remaining part of something after its life or usefulness is gone
骨架；残骸
the chapel was stripped to a skeleton of its former self.
这座小教堂剥落得只剩下原先的骨架。
■the supporting framework, basic structure, or essential part of something
框架；基本结构；基本部分
the concrete skeleton of an unfinished building.
一栋未竣工大楼的混凝土框架。
the skeleton of a report.
报告的大纲。
■[as modifier]denoting the essential or minimum number of people, things, or parts necessary for something
（某事必需的）最基本（或最少）的人（或物、部件）；基干；骨干
there was only a skeleton staff on duty.
只有一些基干人员在值班。
skeleton in the cupboard
- (美 skeleton in the closet)a discreditable or embarrassing fact that someone wishes to keep secret
(美)不可告人的丑事
skeletonize
verb
- (亦作 -ise)
- late 16th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek, neuter of skeletos 'dried up', from skellein 'dry up'
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