[N-VAR 可变名词]骨;骨头 Your bones are the hard parts inside your body which together form your skeleton.
Many passengers suffered broken bones...
许多乘客骨折。
Stephen fractured a thigh bone...
斯蒂芬断了一根股骨。
The body is made up primarily of bone, muscle, and fat...
人体主要是由骨骼、肌肉和脂肪构成。
She scooped the chicken bones back into the stewpot.
她拿勺捞起鸡骨头放回了炖锅里。
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[VERB 动词]剔除(肉类或鱼)的骨头 If you bone a piece of meat or fish, you remove the bones from it before cooking it.
[V n]
[V-ed]
Make sure that you do not pierce the skin when boning the chicken thighs...
剔鸡腿骨时切勿戳破外面的皮。
The boned fish is so easy to serve.
剔了刺的鱼很容易烹制。
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[ADJ 形容词](工具或装饰品)骨制的 A bone tool or ornament is made of bone.
[usu ADJ n]
...a small, expensive pocketknife with a bone handle.
昂贵的骨柄小折刀
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See also:
marrow bone
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T-bone steak
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[PHRASE 短语]基本部分;梗概 The bare bones of something are its most basic parts or details.
There are not even the bare bones of a garden here — I've got nothing.
这儿连个花园的影子都没有——我什么也没看到。
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[PHRASE 短语]太过直白;过于直率;露骨 If something is too close to the bone, it makes you feel uncomfortable because it is very close to the truth or to the real nature of something.
[usu v-link PHR]
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[PHRASE 短语]从内心;凭直觉 If you say that you feel or know something in your bones, you are indicating that you are certain about it, although you cannot explain why.
[PHR after v]
I've got a feeling in my bones that things are not quite right.
直觉告诉我情况不太对头。
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[PHRASE 短语]开诚布公;直言不讳 If you make no bones about something, you talk openly about it, rather than trying to keep it a secret.
[V inflects]
Some of them make no bones about their political views.
他们中的一些人坦率地表达了自己的政治观点。
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[PHRASE 短语]毫不犹豫;毫不迟疑;二话不说 If you make no bones about doing something that is unpleasant or difficult or that might upset someone else, you do it without hesitating.
[V inflects]
Stafford-Clark made no bones about reapplying for the job when Daldry was standing for it.
当戴德利对他表示支持时,斯塔福德-克拉克毫不迟疑地再次申请了这份工作。
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[PHRASE 短语]瘦得皮包骨头;瘦骨嶙峋 You can say someone is just skin and bone when you do not approve of the fact that they are very thin.
[bone inflects]
[disapproval]
He was nothing but skin and bones.
他瘦得只剩皮包骨头了。
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[PHRASE 短语](削减)达到最低限度,到最小化 If something such as costs are cut to the bone, they are reduced to the minimum possible.
[PHR after v]
It has survived by cutting its costs to the bone...
它通过最大限度地降低运营成本生存了下来。
Profit margins have been slashed to the bone in an attempt to keep turnover moving.
为了维持资金周转,利润率已被降为最低。
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[PHRASE 短语](影响)深刻地,彻骨地 You use to the bone to indicate that you are very deeply affected by something. For example, if you feel chilled to the bone, your whole body feels extremely cold, often because you have had a shock.
[PHR after v]
What I saw chilled me to the bone.
我看到的景象令我不寒而栗。
相关词组:
bone up on
Oxford
bone★/bəʊn; NAmEboʊn/
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bonebonesbonedboningnoun★1★[countable ]any of the hard parts that form the skeletonof the body of a human or an animal 骨头;骨◆He survived the accident with no broken bones.他在事故中幸免于难,没有骨折。◆This fish has a lot of bones in it.这种鱼多刺。2[uncountable ]the hard substance that bones are made of 骨质◆knives with bone handles有骨质手把的刀子3-boned( in adjectives 构成形容词) having bones of the type mentioned 有…样的骨头的◆fine-boned骨质细密的IDIOMSa bone of conˈtentiona subject which causes disagreement and arguments between people 争执所在close to the ˈbone( BrE) ( informal) (of a remark, joke, story, etc. 话语、玩笑、故事等)so honest or clearly expressed that it is likely to cause offence to some people 过于直率cut, pare, etc. sth to the ˈboneto reduce sth, such as costs, as much as you possibly can 尽量削减(开支等)have a ˈbone to pick with sb( informal) to be angry with sb about sth and want to discuss it with them 对某人生气,想与之解决;有理由反对(或恼恨)某人make no bones about (doing) sthto be honest and open about sth; to not hesitate to do sth 开诚布公;毫不犹疑◆She made no bones about telling him exactly what she thought of him.她毫无保留地把对他的看法照直告诉了他。not have a … bone in your bodyto have none of the quality mentioned 毫无…的素质◆She was honest and hard-working, and didn't have an unkind bone in her body.她诚实勤劳,身上没有一点儿不好的气质。throw sb a ˈboneto give sb a small part of what they want as a way of showing that you want to help them, without offering them the main thing they want 施以小惠(以示助人,却不满足主要的要求);丢给某人一块骨头to the ˈboneaffecting you very strongly 影响极强地;深刻地◆His threats chilled her to the bone.他的威胁使她不寒而栗。☞more at
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n.verbbonesth to take the bones out of fish or meat 挑鱼刺;剔骨头PHRASAL VERBˌbone ˈup on sth( informal) to try to learn about sth or to remind yourself of what you already know about it 钻研学习;复习◆She had boned up on the city's history before the visit.她在前往这个城市之前先对它的历史研究了一番。bone/bəʊn; NAmEboʊn/
LDC
bone1 noun
bone2 verb
bonebone1 /bəʊn $ boʊn/ ●●●S2W2 noun
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1[countable] one of the hard parts that together form the frame of a human, animal, or fish body: The X-ray showed that the bone was broken in two places.hip/leg/cheek etc bone (=the bone in your hip etc) He broke his collar bone.big-boned/fine-boned/small-boned etc (=with big etc bones) She was tall and big-boned. Amelia had inherited her mother’s good bone structure.2[uncountable] a substance made of bones: the bone handle of his dagger3the bare bones the simplest and most important details of something: I can’t tell you more than the bare bones of what happened.4make no bones about (doing) something to not feel nervous or ashamed about doing or saying something: Mary made no bones about enjoying a drink.5bone of contention something that causes arguments between people: The examination system has long been a serious bone of contention in this country.6be chilled/frozen to the bone to be extremely cold7skin and bone very thin: She was all skin and bone.8a bag of bones someone who is much too thin9feel/know something in your bones to be certain that something is true, even though you have no proof and cannot explain why you are certain: She knew that something good was sure to happen; she could feel it in her bones.10have a bone to pick with somebody spoken used to tell someone that you are annoyed with them and want to talk about it11close to the bone a remark, statement etc that is close to the bone is close to the truth in a way that may offend someone: His jokes were a bit close to the bone.12cut something to the bone to reduce costs, services etc as much as possible: Shops cut prices to the bone in the January sales.13on the bone meat that is served on the bone is still joined to the bone: a boiled ham on the bone14off the bone meat that is served off the bone has been cut away from the bone: roasted duck, off the bone → dry as a bone
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COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + bonebroken· The doctor thought that I had a broken bone in my wrist.· Luckily the bone wasn't broken.a thigh/hip/ankle etc bone· He was so thin that his hip bones were sticking out.human/animal bones· They dug up a lot of human bones from under the castle.verbsbreak a bone· I hope you haven't broken a bone.fracture a bone (=to break a bone so that a line appears on the surface)· Sally fell, fracturing a bone in her leg.bone + NOUNbone structure (=the shape of your face, formed by the bones in it)· She had beautiful eyes and fine bone structure.bone disease· He suffered from a rare bone disease.
bone1 noun
bone2 verb
bonebone2 verb [transitive]
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to remove the bones from fish or meat: boned breast and thigh meatbone up on phrasal verbto learn as much as you can about a subject, because you need the knowledge, for example for an examination: I have to bone up on criminal law for a test next week.
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bone
[bəʊn]boned, boning, bones
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bones[29870]
骨(90%),骨骼(8%),核心(1%),磨光表面(1%)
n.骨;骨骼
vt.剔去...的骨;施骨肥于
vi.苦学;专心致志
n.(Bone)人名;(英)博恩;(法、西、罗、塞)博内;(老)奔
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