[N-COUNT 可数名词]骨骼；骸骨 Your skeleton is the framework of bones in your body.
...a human skeleton.
人体骨骼
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[ADJ 形容词](员工)最基本的，基干的 A skeleton staff is the smallest number of staff necessary in order to run an organization or service.
[ADJ n]
Only a skeleton staff remains to show anyone interested around the site.
只有一小部分必需的工作人员留在那里，带有兴趣的人参观遗址。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]轮廓；框架；构架；梗概 The skeleton of something such as a building or a plan is its basic framework.
[usu N of n]
Only skeletons of buildings remained.
只剩下了建筑物的框架。
...a skeleton of policy guidelines.
政策纲领的概要
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[PHRASE 短语]家丑；不可告人的丑事 If you say that someone has a skeleton in the closet, or in British English a skeleton in the cupboard, you mean that they are keeping secret a bad or embarrassing fact about themselves.
[Ns inflect]
Mr Worthing is this election's Mr Nice Guy, without any skeletons in his cupboard.
沃辛先生是此次选举中的正派先生，本身没有任何见不得人的丑事。
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skel·eton/ˈskelɪtn; NAmEˈskelɪtn/noun _skeleton_body_comp.jpg _skeleton.jpg 1[countable ]the structure of bones that supports the body of a person or an animal; a model of this structure 骨骼；骨架；骨骼标本◆The human skeleton consists of 206 bones.人的骨骼由 206 块骨头组成。◆a dinosaur skeleton恐龙骨架2[countable ]( informal) a very thin person or animal 骨瘦如柴的人（或动物）3[countable , usually singular ]the main structure that supports a building, etc. （建筑物等的）骨架，框架SYN
framework
◆Only the concrete skeleton of the factory remained.厂房只剩下混凝土骨架了。4[countable , usually singular ]the basic outline of a plan, piece of writing, etc. to which more details can be added later 梗概；提纲；提要；轮廓◆Examples were used to flesh out the skeleton of the argument.通过例证使干巴巴的论点充实起来。5[countable ]~ staff, crew, etc.the smallest number of people, etc. that you need to do sth （维持运转所需的）最少人员，基干人员◆There will only be a skeleton staff on duty over the holiday.假期将只留必需的少数职员值班。◆We managed to operate a skeleton bus service during the strike.罢工期间，我们设法保持最起码的公共汽车营运。6[countable ]( sport 体) a type of sledge/sled(= a vehicle for sliding over ice)for racing, used by one person lying on their front with their feet pointing backwards （一种单人比赛用的）俯式冰橇7[uncountable ]the sport or event of racing down a special track of ice on a skeleton俯式冰橇运动◆Canada won gold and silver in the skeleton.加拿大选手在俯式冰橇项目中包揽金银牌。IDIOMa skeleton in the ˈcupboard( BrE) (alsoa skeleton in the ˈclosetNAmE,BrE)( informal) something shocking, embarrassing, etc. that has happened to you or your family in the past that you want to keep secret 隐衷；不可外扬的家丑skeletonskeletonsskel·eton/ˈskelɪtn; NAmEˈskelɪtn/
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skeletonskel‧e‧ton /ˈskelətən/ ●○○ noun
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1skeleton (1)bones [countable]a)the structure consisting of all the bones in a human or animal body: the human skeletonb)a set of these bones or a model of them, fastened in their usual positions, used, for example, by medical students2basic parts [singular] the most important parts of something, to which more detail can be added later: We agreed on a skeleton outline of the proposal.3thin person [countable] an extremely thin person or animal: The disease had reduced Harry to a skeleton.4structure [countable] the main structure that supports a building, bridge etc: Minutes after the explosion, all that remained was the skeleton of the bridge.5a skeleton in the closet (also a skeleton in the cupboard British English) an embarrassing or unpleasant secret about something that happened to you in the past6skeleton staff/crew/service etc only enough workers or services to keep an operation or organization running: The bus company is operating a skeleton service on Christmas Day.7sporta)[uncountable] a sport in which you slide down a special ice track while lying on your front on a type of sledgeb)[countable] the vehicle you slide on in this sport →
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