核心畫面
Hold the bones picture: the hard inner frame that holds a body up and gives it its shape. Everything else is that one idea stretched — the bare 'frame' of a plan, the frame of a building, a person so thin you nearly see the frame, or the bones of a secret hidden away.
拿住「骨架」這個畫面：身體裡那套硬硬的架子，撐起整個身體、給它形狀。其他用法都是這個意思拉開來用：一個計畫只剩「最基…更多收起
拿住「骨架」這個畫面：身體裡那套硬硬的架子，撐起整個身體、給它形狀。其他用法都是這個意思拉開來用：一個計畫只剩「最基本的架」、建物的主架、一個瘦到快看得見骨架的人、或是藏起來的「家裡那副骸骨」。原始詞典資料16 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。
skeletonnoun詞源 1/ˈskɛlɪtən/
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anatomymedicinesciencesThe system that provides support to an organism, where in vertebrates it is internal and consists of bones and cartilage, and external in some other animals.
- At the foot of a pretty big pine, and involved in a green creeper, which had even partly lifted some of the smaller bones, a human skeleton lay, with a few shreds of clothing, on the ground.
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An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton.
- Her whimsical Halloween decorations include dancing skeletons who sing an eerie song.
- A Day or two after they parted, [Francis] Spriggs was choſe Captain by the reſt, and a black Enſign was made, which they called Jolly Roger, with the ſame Device that Captain [Edward] Low carried, viz. a white Skeliton in the Middle of it, with a Dart in one Hand ſtriking a bleeding Heart, and in the other, an Hour Glaſs; when this was finiſhed and hoiſted, they fired all their Guns to ſalute their Captain and themſelves, and then looked out for Prey.
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A very thin person.
- She lost so much weight while she was ill that she became a skeleton.
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The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure; an outline of a longer project.
- The skeleton of the organisation is essentially the same as it was ten years ago, but many new faces have come and gone.
- I've written three stories. Well, one is a skeleton, but the other two are mostly complete.
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architectureA frame that provides support to a building or other construction.
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computingengineeringmathematicsA client-helper procedure that communicates with a stub.
- In remote method invocation, the client helper is a ‘stub’ and the service helper is a ‘skeleton’.
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geometrymathematicssciencesThe vertices and edges of a polyhedron, taken collectively.
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category-theorycomputingengineeringA full subcategory of another category, consisting of one object from each isomorphism class in the original.
另外 3 個記錄的用法
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mediaprintingpublishingA very thin form of light-faced type.
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A minimum or bare essentials.
- At the time of writing the halts have been reprieved due to doubts as to the legality of the withdrawal of services. It is feared that this reprieve may not outlast the summer timetable which, on the section in question, provides only a skeleton of the former service.
- The rail industry has survived the first fortnight of the UK's COVID-19 crisis. Quick intervention from the Department of Transport has ensured that franchise operators will remain solvent during this period; rapid work to replan the timetable has delivered a minimum viable service plan; and the Kitchener-esque appeal for retired signal workers should ensure that the network can continue to operate a skeleton service.
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biologybotanynatural-sciencesThe network of veins in a leaf.
- However interesting the skeleton of a leaf that has been bleached by nature may be, it cannot be alleged to be beautiful in colour, and therefore it is not of much value for the purposes of household decoration.
- Rather than abstracting the leaf from the outline of the leaf, I can begin by working from the skeleton of the leaf.
skeletonverb詞源 1/ˈskɛlɪtən/
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archaicTo reduce to a skeleton; to skin; to skeletonize.
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archaicTo minimize.
skeletonnoun詞源 2/ˈskɛlɪtən/
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hobbieslifestylesportsA type of tobogganing in which competitors lie face down, and descend head first.
- Lugers, who slide feet first and reach the highest speeds, experience some of the same forces, but seem to suffer far fewer concussion-like symptoms than bobsled and skeleton athletes do, probably because a support strap often prevents their heads from banging into the ice.
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The form of toboggan used in this sport.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。