skeleton
英 ['skelɪt(ə)n]
美['skɛlɪtn]
- n. 骨架，骨骼；纲要；骨瘦如柴的人
- adj. 骨骼的；骨瘦如柴的；概略的
英英释意
- 1. something reduced to its minimal form;
- "the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self"
- "the bare skeleton of a novel"
- 2. a scandal that is kept secret;
- "there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet"
- 3. the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
- 4. the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape;
- "the building has a steel skeleton"