n.骨架；纲要；骨骼；骨瘦如柴的人或动物；家丑
adj.骨骼的
The block is still just a skeleton of girders. 这片建筑还只是仅有主梁的骨架。
The director set out the plan in skeleton form. 主任提纲挈领地说明了这一计划。
I've written the skeleton of my report, but I have to fill in the details. 我已写出报告的梗概，但我必须补充细节。
The shell of a snail is its skeleton. 蜗牛的壳是它的骨骼。
He is reduced almost to a skeleton. 他瘦得几乎变成了一个骨头架子。
Many families have a skeleton in the closet. 许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑。
The Smiths regarded their daughter's addiction to drugs as a family skeleton. 史密斯夫妇把女儿吸毒成瘾视为家丑。
用作形容词 (adj.)As a part of the whole skeleton, oral maxillofacial bone loss has some association with systemic osteoporosis. 做为全身骨骼的一部分，颌骨的骨丢失一直被认为与全身骨质疏松存在关联性。
n.[动]外骨骼；皮骨骼
n.（动物）内骨骼
