| 釋義 |
skeleton /'skelitn; 'skebtn/ n (C] 1 bony framework of an animal body; bones of an animal body in the same relative positions as in life; hard framework of woody fibre containing a vegetable body: (動物之) 骨骼; 骨架; (植物之) 木質(zhì)讖維結(jié)構(gòu)： He looks like a living ~. 他看來像具活骨架。 reduced to a ~, (of an animal, a human being) very thin as the result of hunger, illness, etc. (指動物，人) 因饑餓，疾病等而皮包骨。 the ~ in the cupboard, the family ~, sth of which a family is ashamed and which it tries to keep secret. 家丑。 2 framework of a building, organization, plan, theory, etc; outline to which details are to be added: (建筑物，組織，計劃，理論等之) 骨架; 基干; 綱要： the steel ~ of a new building. 新建筑物之鋼架。 3 (attrib) (形容用法) '~key, one that will open a number of different locks. 萬能鑰匙。 a ~staff/crew/service, etc, one reduced to the smallest possible number needed for maintenance. 基干作業(yè)人員 (照料或處理業(yè)務(wù)所需之最少人數(shù)) 。 |