单词 | bone |
释义 | Word Frequency bone(bəʊn) noun 1. any of the various structures that make up the skeleton in most vertebrates 2. 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 ▶ Related adjectives: osseous, osteal3. something consisting of bone or a bonelike substance 4. (plural) the human skeleton or body they laid his bones to rest come and rest your bones 5. a thin strip of whalebone, light metal, plastic, etc, used to stiffen corsets and brassieres 6. (plural) the essentials (esp in the phrase the bare bones) to explain the bones of a situation 7. (plural) dice 8. (plural) an informal nickname for a doctor 9. close to the bone 10. feel in one's bones 11. have a bone to pick 12. make no bones about 13. point the bone verb (mainly tr) 14. to remove the bones from (meat for cooking, etc) 15. to stiffen (a corset, etc) by inserting bones 16. to fertilize with bone meal 17. vulgar, slang to have sexual intercourse with 18. British a slang word for steal Derived forms boneless (ˈboneless) adjective Word origin Old English bān; related to Old Norse béin, Old Frisian bēn, Old High German beinWord Frequency Bône(French bon) noun a former name of Annaba |
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