单词 | skeletal |
释义 | skeletal (skelɪtəl ) 1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Skeletal means relating to the bones in your body. ...the skeletal remains of seven adults. ...the skeletal system. 2. adjective A skeletal person is so thin that you can see their bones through their skin. ...a hospital filled with skeletal children. Synonyms: emaciated, wasted, gaunt, skin-and-bone [informal] 3. adjective Something that is skeletal has been reduced to its basic structure. Passenger services can best be described as skeletal. Synonyms: incomplete, inadequate, insufficient, wanting Collocations: skeletal frame Even lying in a hospital bed was agony for her skeletal frame. The Sun The 29-year-old has lost six kilograms from an already skeletal frame, and his improvement in the mountains has been impressive. Times, Sunday Times Instead, he wants to wring every last bit out of his skeletal frame and see where he ends up. Times, Sunday Times The exterior has brick spandrels and piers over the structural steel skeletal frame. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This also prevents forming habits which may lead to injuries resulting from incorrect use of the skeletal frame and muscles. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These spread rapidly among successive generations in particular populations and are involved in taste, smell, digestion, skin colour, hair texture and skeletal structure. Times, Sunday Times Indeed, so close was its skeletal structure to that of modern-day birds that some palaeontologists began to promote a truly heretical proposition. Times, Sunday Times Of course, there are limits to what you can do with the basic skeletal structure that you are born with, but when you feel healthy you look beautiful. Times, Sunday Times The skeletal structure consists of many tiny calcareous plates embedded in the cuticle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The binding of formaldehyde loosens the skeletal structure of albumin and exposure of aromatic ring amino acids in the internal hydrophobic region. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 骨骼的 Japanese: 骨格の |
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