bones

1. N-VAR 骨；骨头
   Your bones are the hard parts inside your body which together form your skeleton.
   1. Many passengers suffered broken bones...
      许多乘客骨折。
   2. Stephen fractured a thigh bone...
      斯蒂芬断了一根股骨。
   3. 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。
   4. She scooped the chicken bones back into the stewpot.
      她拿勺捞起鸡骨头放回了炖锅里。
2. VERB 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.
   1. 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。
   2. The boned fish is so easy to serve.
      剔了刺的鱼很容易烹制。
3. ADJ （工具或装饰品）骨制的
   A bone tool or ornament is made of bone.
   1. ...a small, expensive pocketknife with a bone handle.
      昂贵的骨柄小折刀
4. See also: marrow bone T-bone steak
5. PHRASE 基本部分；梗概
   The bare bones of something are its most basic parts or details.
   1. 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。
6. 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.
7. PHRASE 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.
   1. 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。
8. PHRASE 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.
   1. 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。
9. PHRASE 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.
   1. 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。
10. PHRASE 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.
    1. He was nothing but skin and bones.
       他瘦得只剩皮包骨头了。
11. PHRASE （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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
12. PHRASE （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.
    1. What I saw chilled me to the bone.
       我看到的景象令我不寒而栗。

1. Many passengers suffered broken bones
   许多乘客骨折。
2. She scooped the chicken bones back into the stewpot.
   她拿勺捞起鸡骨头放回了炖锅里。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. He was nothing but skin and bones.
   他瘦得只剩皮包骨头了。
8. Old bones break easily
   老年人容易骨折。
9. Several people were treated for broken bones.
   数人接受了断骨治疗。
10. Some films chill you to the marrow of your bones.
    有些电影让人毛骨悚然。
11. It was common practice for prisoners to carve objects from animal bones to pass the time.
    用动物骨头雕刻物品是犯人打发时间的一种常见做法。
12. X-rays have confirmed that he has not broken any bones
    X光片证实他没有骨折。
13. You can hear the saw as it cuts through the bones.
    你能听到锯子锯进骨头里的声音。
14. The bones begin to grind against each other, leading to pain and deformity.
    这些骨头开始互相挤压，造成疼痛和畸形。
15. Inactivity can make your joints stiff, and the bones may begin to degenerate
    长期不活动会导致关节僵硬，骨骼也可能开始退化。
16. The bones were disinterred and moved to a burial site.
    尸骨被刨出，移到了墓地。
17. The survival of the proteins depends on the way in which bones are fossilised.
    蛋白质是否存留取决于骨头被石化的方式。
18. Ask the butcher for soup bones ( marrow bones are best).
    跟肉铺老板要煲汤用的骨头（最好是髓骨）。
19. Doctors painstakingly pieced together the broken bones.
    医生们精心地把碎骨拼合起来。
20. As your baby grows bigger, his bones become less pliable
    随着宝宝的成长，其骨骼的柔韧性会降低。
21. The foxes come and scavenge the bones
    狐狸过来寻觅骨头。
22. Scientists have found the bones of a hoofed grazing animal about the size of a small horse
    科学家们已经发现了一种约有马驹般大小的有蹄草食性动物的骨骼。
23. The feet are highly specialised structures made up of 26 small delicate bones.
    脚的结构非常特殊，由26块细小的骨头组成。
24. Use a proper fish knife and fork if possible as they are designed to cut through the flesh but not the bones
    如果可能的话，选用正规的吃鱼刀叉，因为它们是专门设计来切开鱼肉而又不会切断鱼骨的。
25. Swimming is helpful for bones that are porous and weak.
    游泳有助于改善骨质疏松和骨骼脆弱。
26. Small bones should be avoided as the dog may swallow them whole and risk internal injury.
    不要给狗喂小块的骨头，以免它整个吞下去而造成内部器官损伤。
27. Although badly bruised on both face and body, he had broken no bones.
    脸上身上虽见伤痕，并未伤筋动骨。
28. The first stage of the operation was to join up the bones.
    手术的第一步是把骨头接上。
29. Crushed bones make one of the best fertilizers.
    骨粉是最佳肥料之一。

noun

1. a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance

   Synonym:    castanetsclappersfinger cymbals