- 1骨骼的；骨瘦如柴的；（計畫等）簡略的、只有骨架的
Relating to the skeleton - the frame of bones inside a body - like 'skeletal injuries' meaning broken or hurt bones. It's also used to describe a person or animal that looks extremely thin, almost like just skin and bone. And it can describe something, like a plan or a building, that only has its basic frame or outline, without the details filled in yet, like 'a skeletal outline of the report.'
core核心畫面
組成skeleton + -al (adjective ending). Skeleton comes from Greek skeletos, meaning 'dried up' - describing a dried, bare body.
同家族的字
- skeletonthe base word - the full set of bones, or a bare outline
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
skeletalnoun/ˈskɛl.ɪ.təl/
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informalbiologyhistoryhuman-sciencesShorthand for skeletal diagram (a black-and-white drawing of a [usually extinct] animal’s skeleton to be used as a reference for paleoart)
skeletaladj/ˈskɛl.ɪ.təl/
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of, or relating to the skeleton
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haggard, cadaverous, emaciated or gaunt
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barebones, lacking elaboration
- On the whole, Sidney Morris has given us sketchy characters that need more fine tuning than this production […] could give it. Only Holmberg seemed to dig deeply within himself to create a complete character from Morris' skeletal outline.
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Comprising only the base structure of a building, etc.
- After the bombing, only the skeletal remains of the city could be seen.
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