bone
[bəʊn]
n
any of the various structures that make up the skeleton in most vertebrates
the porous rigid tissue of which these parts are made, consisting of a matrix of collagen and inorganic salts, esp calcium phosphate, interspersed with canals and small holes
something consisting of bone or a bonelike substance
the human skeleton or body
come and rest your bones
a thin strip of whalebone, light metal, plastic, etc, used to stiffen corsets and brassieres
the essentials (esp in the phrase the bare bones)
to explain the bones of a situation
dice
an informal nickname for a doctor
vb
to remove the bones from (meat for cooking, etc)
to stiffen (a corset, etc) by inserting bones
to fertilize with bone meal
to have sexual intercourse with
a slang word for steal
See bone up
- 习惯用语
- close to the bone risqué or indecent.in poverty; destitute
- near the bone 同
- feel in one's bones to have an intuition of
- have a bone to pick to have grounds for a quarrel
- make no bones about to be direct and candid about.to have no scruples about
- point the bone to wish bad luck (on).to threaten to bring about the downfall (of)
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