skeleton 音标拼音: [sk'ɛlətən]
n . 骨骼,瘦如柴的人,梗概,骨干,脉络
a . 概略的,基层的,家庭秘密的,骨干的
骨骼,瘦如柴的人,梗概,骨干,脉络概略的,基层的,家庭秘密的,骨干的
skeleton 骨架
skeleton 骨架
skeleton n 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 " [
synonym : {
skeleton },
{
skeleton in the closet }, {
skeleton in the cupboard }]
3 :
the hard structure (
bones and cartilages )
that provides a frame for the body of an animal [
synonym : {
skeletal system },
{
skeleton }, {
frame }, {
systema skeletale }]
4 :
the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape ; "
the building has a steel skeleton " [
synonym : {
skeleton },
{
skeletal frame }, {
frame }, {
underframe }]
Skeleton \
Skel "
e *
ton \,
n . [
NL .,
fr .
Gr . ???? (
sc . ???)
a dried body ,
a mummy ,
fr . ????
dried up ,
parched , ????
to dry ,
dry up ,
parch .]
1 . (
Anat .)
(
a )
The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal .
Note : [
See Illust .
of the Human Skeleton ,
in Appendix .]
(
b )
The more or less firm or hardened framework of an invertebrate animal .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
In a wider sense ,
the skeleton includes the whole connective -
tissue framework with the integument and its appendages .
See {
Endoskeleton },
and {
Exoskeleton }.
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Hence ,
figuratively :
(
a )
A very thin or lean person .
(
b )
The framework of anything ;
the principal parts that support the rest ,
but without the appendages .
[
1913 Webster ]
The great skeleton of the world . --
Sir M .
Hale .
[
1913 Webster ]
(
c )
The heads and outline of a literary production ,
especially of a sermon .
[
1913 Webster ]
Skeleton \
Skel "
e *
ton \,
a .
Consisting of ,
or resembling ,
a skeleton ;
consisting merely of the framework or outlines ;
having only certain leading features of anything ;
as ,
a skeleton sermon ;
a skeleton crystal .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Skeleton bill },
a bill or draft made out in blank as to the amount or payee ,
but signed by the acceptor . [
Eng .]
{
Skeleton key },
a key with nearly the whole substance of the web filed away ,
to adapt it to avoid the wards of a lock ;
a master key ; --
used for opening locks to which it has not been especially fitted .
{
Skeleton leaf },
a leaf from which the pulpy part has been removed by chemical means ,
the fibrous part alone remaining .
{
Skeleton proof },
a proof of a print or engraving ,
with the inscription outlined in hair strokes only ,
such proofs being taken before the engraving is finished .
{
Skeleton regiment },
a regiment which has its complement of officers ,
but in which there are few enlisted men .
{
Skeleton shrimp } (
Zool .),
a small crustacean of the genus {
Caprella }.
See Illust .
under {
Laemodipoda }.
[
1913 Webster ]
167 Moby Thesaurus words for "
skeleton ":
abbreviation ,
abbreviature ,
abrege ,
abridgment ,
abstract ,
adumbrate ,
anatomy ,
appendicular skeleton ,
ashes ,
axial skeleton ,
backing ,
barebones ,
bean pole ,
beanstalk ,
bearing ,
block out ,
blueprint ,
body ,
bones ,
brief ,
broomstick ,
brouillon ,
bushing ,
cadaver ,
cadre ,
capsule ,
carcass ,
carrion ,
cartoon ,
case ,
casement ,
casing ,
chalk ,
chart ,
chassis ,
clay ,
clothes pole ,
compend ,
condensation ,
condensed version ,
configuration ,
conspectus ,
contour ,
copy ,
corpse ,
corpus delicti ,
crowbait ,
dead body ,
dead man ,
dead person ,
decedent ,
delineation ,
design ,
diagram ,
digest ,
doorframe ,
draft ,
drawing ,
dry bones ,
dust ,
earth ,
ebauche ,
elevation ,
embalmed corpse ,
epitome ,
esquisse ,
exoskeleton ,
fabric ,
features ,
figuration ,
figure ,
food for worms ,
frame ,
framework ,
framing ,
gestalt ,
graph ,
ground plan ,
gruel ,
head ,
house plan ,
hulk ,
ichnography ,
infrastructure ,
lanky ,
late lamented ,
lath ,
lattice ,
latticework ,
lineaments ,
lines ,
main features ,
mere shadow ,
mere wreck ,
mortal remains ,
mount ,
mounting ,
mummification ,
mummy ,
nervous wreck ,
organic remains ,
outline ,
overview ,
pandect ,
paper ,
pattern ,
picture frame ,
plot ,
precis ,
profile ,
projection ,
rail ,
rake ,
rattlebones ,
rattletrap ,
relics ,
relief ,
reliquiae ,
remains ,
review ,
rough ,
rubric ,
ruin ,
ruins ,
sash ,
setting ,
shadow ,
shapes ,
shaving ,
shell ,
shortened version ,
silhouette ,
skeletal ,
sketch ,
slat ,
slim ,
slip ,
soup ,
spindlelegs ,
spindleshanks ,
splinter ,
stack of bones ,
stiff ,
stilt ,
streak ,
survey ,
syllabus ,
synopsis ,
table ,
tenement of clay ,
the dead ,
the deceased ,
the defunct ,
the departed ,
the loved one ,
thumbnail sketch ,
topical outline ,
tournure ,
twiggy ,
underframe ,
vein ,
wafer ,
walking skeleton ,
window case ,
window frame ,
working drawing ,
wreck
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