- [countable]
any of the hard parts that form the skeleton of 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。 She went for a bone density scan. 她去做了骨密度扫描。 The dog was gnawing at a bone. 狗在啃骨头。 She had a beautiful face with very good bone structure. 她有一张漂亮的脸，骨骼结构非常好。
Extra ExamplesTopics Bodya2Her eyes were black in a face the colour of bleached bones. 她的双眼在惨白的脸上显得格外的黑。 She was diagnosed as having brittle bones. 她被诊断得了脆骨病。 The black and white photographs emphasized her fine bone structure. 黑白照片突出了她匀称的骨架。 The shock jarred every bone in his body. 这个打击对他来说犹如晴天霹雳。 the delicate bones of her face 她清秀的脸部轮廓
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- delicate
- fine
- healthy
- …
- break
- chip
- crack
- …
- structure
- marrow
- cancer
- …
- every bone in somebody’s body
- skin and bone
- [uncountable]
the hard substance that bones are made of 骨质 knives with bone handles 有骨质手把的刀子
- -boned
(in adjectives 构成形容词 having bones of the type mentioned 有…样的骨头的 fine-boned 骨架小的
Word OriginOld English bān, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch been and German Bein.
Idioms
a bag of bones
- (informal)
a very thin person or animal 瘦骨嶙峋的人（或动物）；皮包骨 The cat hadn’t been fed for weeks and was just a bag of bones. 那只猫已经几个星期没有喂食了，只是一袋骨头。
the bare bones (of something)
the basic facts 梗概；概要 the bare bones of the story 故事梗概
a bone of contention
a subject that causes people to disagree 争执所在 Where to go on holiday is always a bone of contention in our family. 到哪去度假总是引起家里的争执。
close to the bone
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(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 His comments about her size were a bit close to the bone. 他对她的体型的评论有点接近事实。 Some of the sex scenes in the play were judged by critics to be too close to the bone. 评论家认为剧中的一些性场景过于露骨。
cut, pare, etc. something to the bone
to reduce something, such as costs, as much as you possibly can 尽量削减（开支等） Their annual budget has already been pared to the bone. 他们的年度预算已经削减到了最低限度。
feel (it) in your bones (that…)
- (informal)
to be certain about something even though you do not have any direct proof and cannot explain why you are certain 心中感到；本能预感到；直觉确信
have a bone to pick with somebody
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to be angry with somebody about something 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
like a dog with a bone
- (informal)
very determined and refusing to give up 瘦骨嶙峋的人（或动物）；皮包骨 When she sensed a good story she was like a dog with a bone. 当她感觉到一个好故事时，她就像一只有骨头的狗。
make no bones about (doing) something
not have a… bone in your body
put flesh on (the bones of) something
(nothing but/all/only) skin and bone
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extremely thin in a way that is not attractive or healthy 瘦得皮包骨；瘦骨嶙峋 The dog lost more and more weight, and was soon little more than skin and bone. 这只狗越来越瘦，很快就皮包骨了。 He's all skin and bone after his illness. 他病后瘦得皮包骨头。
throw somebody a bone
to give somebody 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 She feels this new energy bill is just throwing a bone to the environmentalists. 她认为这项新能源法案只是对环保主义者的侮辱。
to the bone
work your fingers to the bone
to work very hard 拼命干活