
bones
词源
源自古英语 bān,与古诺尔斯语 bein 和德语 Bein 同源,最初指'腿骨',后泛指所有骨头。
noun
❶ 骨头,指人或动物体内坚硬的支撑结构,通常用于构成骨架。
“The dog buried the bones in the backyard.”
(狗把骨头埋在后院里。)
“She broke two bones in her arm during the accident.”
(她在事故中手臂断了两根骨头。)
❶ 核心或基本部分,比喻事物的关键或本质。
“Let's get down to the bones of the problem.”
(让我们深入问题的核心。)
“The bones of the agreement were finally settled.”
(协议的基本框架终于敲定了。)
verb
❶ 剔骨,指从肉中去除骨头。
“She boned the fish carefully before cooking.”
(她在烹饪前仔细地给鱼剔骨。)
“The butcher boned the chicken for the customer.”
(屠夫为顾客剔除了鸡肉中的骨头。)
常见短语
bare bones — 最基本的部分,指去掉所有非必要元素后剩下的核心内容。
“The report was just the bare bones of what happened.”
(这份报告只是事件最基本的情况。)
feel it in one's bones — 直觉上强烈感觉到某事,虽然没有确凿证据。
“I feel it in my bones that something good is going to happen.”
(我直觉感到有好事要发生。)
make no bones about — 直截了当地表达,毫不掩饰或犹豫。
“She made no bones about her dislike for the proposal.”
(她毫不掩饰对这个提案的厌恶。)