英语词汇“skeletal”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

in the sense of fragmentary

Definition

made up of small or unconnected pieces

The extant volume is fragmentary.

Synonyms

incomplete,

broken,

scattered,

partial,

disconnected,

discrete,

sketchy,

piecemeal,

incoherent,

scrappy,

disjointed,

bitty,

unsystematic

in the sense of gaunt

Definition

bony and emaciated in appearance

Looking gaunt and tired, he denied there was anything to worry about.

Synonyms

thin,

lean,

skinny,

skeletal,

wasted,

drawn,

spare,

pinched,

angular,

bony,

lanky,

haggard,

emaciated,

scrawny,

skin and bone,

scraggy,

cadaverous,

rawboned,

macilent (rare)

in the sense of inadequate

Definition

not enough

Supplies of food and medicine are inadequate.

Synonyms

insufficient,

short,

scarce,

meagre,

poor,

lacking,

incomplete,

scant,

sparse,

skimpy,

sketchy,

insubstantial,

scanty,

niggardly,

incommensurate

in the sense of insufficient

Definition

not enough for a particular purpose

There was insufficient evidence to proceed.

Synonyms

inadequate,

incomplete,

scant,

meagre,

short,

sparse,

deficient,

lacking,

unqualified,

insubstantial,

incommensurate

in the sense of lacking

Why was military intelligence so lacking?

Synonyms

deficient,

wanting,

needing,

missing,

inadequate,

minus (informal),

flawed,

impaired,

sans (archaic)

in the sense of partial

Definition

relating to only a part

Their policy only met with partial success.

Synonyms

incomplete,

limited,

unfinished,

imperfect,

fragmentary,

uncompleted

in the sense of scrappy

Definition

badly organized or done

a scrappy affair

Synonyms

incomplete,

sketchy,

piecemeal,

disjointed,

perfunctory,

thrown together,

fragmentary,

bitty

in the sense of wanting

Definition

not meeting requirements or expectations

She examined his work and found it wanting.

Synonyms

deficient,

poor,

disappointing,

inadequate,

pathetic,

inferior,

insufficient,

faulty,

not good enough,

defective,

patchy,

imperfect,

sketchy,

unsound,

substandard,

leaving much to be desired,

not much cop (British, slang),

not up to par,

not up to expectations,

bodger or bodgie (Australian, slang)

in the sense of wasted

Definition

pale, thin, and unhealthy

exercises designed to help build up his wasted limbs

Synonyms

emaciated,

weak,

weakened,

withered,

frail,

skeletal,

shrivelled,

shrunken,

atrophied,

scrawny,

wizened

单词	skeletal
释义	Trends of skeletal View usage for: 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] More Synonyms of skeletal 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 More Synonyms of skeletal Examples of 'skeletal' in a sentence skeletal The sun was streaming through the skeletal trees across the road. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Photos of skeletal stars and models reinforce the idea that a beautiful body has to be all skin and bone. The Sun (2007) You are dreaming, yet your skeletal muscles are relaxed to the point of paralysis. Times, Sunday Times (2009) To me, they looked normal rather than the usual model skeletal. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Her reference to the "skeletal models "would permit her to discuss her friends' experiences. Bachmann, Susan (editor) & Barth, Melinda Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric and Handbook (1995) His body was skeletal, his mind gone. Times, Sunday Times (2011) A balanced skeletal frame ensures that muscles use energy economically. Lamplugh, Diana & Sterwin, Diana & Nottidge, Pamela Survive the Nine to Five - a woman's guide to working well (1989) The full-scale skeletal model unveiled at the end of the film shows a stupendous creature in all its glory. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The improved blood supply and more efficient use of oxygen in the skeletal muscle leads to improved strength and endurance, or stamina. Wallace, Louise M & Bundy, Christine Coping with Angina (1990) These help our cardiovascular, nervous, skeletal and immune systems. The Sun (2015) Like skeletal muscle, the harder the heart muscle has to work, the more oxygen it requires. Wallace, Louise M & Bundy, Christine Coping with Angina (1990) 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 (2009) Passengers were queueing up to buy their tickets for the ship from the skeletal figure of Death, a skull for a head. Times, Sunday Times (2014) In the place where the sat-nav shows a hospital is a stripped concrete shell, and on the site of the town office is a skeletal red frame. Times, Sunday Times (2011) In other languages skeletal British English: skeletal ADJECTIVE Skeletal means relating to the bones in your body. ...the skeletal remains of a whale. American English: skeletal Brazilian Portuguese: esquelético Chinese: 骨骼的 European Spanish: óseo French: squelettique German: Skelett- Italian: scheletrico Japanese: 骨格の Korean: 뼈의 European Portuguese: esquelético Latin American Spanish: óseo 1 (adjective) in the sense of emaciated a hospital filled with skeletal children Synonyms emaciated We were shocked by the emaciated faces in the photo. wasted exercises designed to help build up his wasted limbs gaunt Looking gaunt and tired, he denied there was anything to worry about. skin-and-bone (informal) cadaverous a tall, thin man with a cadaverous face hollow-cheeked lantern-jawed fleshless worn to a shadow 2 (adjective) in the sense of incomplete Passenger services can best be described as skeletal. Synonyms incomplete Some offices had incomplete information on spending. inadequate Supplies of food and medicine are inadequate. insufficient There was insufficient evidence to proceed. wanting She examined his work and found it wanting. lacking Why was military intelligence so lacking? partial Their policy only met with partial success. patchy deficient a diet deficient in vitamins scrappy a scrappy affair fragmentary The extant volume is fragmentary. bitty It was bitty and absolutely meaningless. Additional synonyms in the sense of bitty Definition lacking unity It was bitty and absolutely meaningless. Synonyms disjointed, confused, fragmented, rambling, incomplete, jumbled, patchy, disconnected, sketchy, unconnected, incoherent, scrappy, fragmentary, fitful in the sense of cadaverous Definition pale, thin, and haggard a tall, thin man with a cadaverous face Synonyms deathly, pale, ghastly, wan, blanched, gaunt, haggard, emaciated, bloodless, pallid, ashen, hollow-eyed, corpse-like, like death warmed up (informal), deathlike, exsanguinous in the sense of deficient Definition lacking something essential a diet deficient in vitamins Synonyms lacking, wanting, needing, short, inadequate, insufficient, scarce, scant, meagre, skimpy, scanty, exiguous (formal) Nearby words of skeletal sizzle skate on thin ice skedaddle skeletal skeleton sketch sketch something out Synonyms of 'skeletal' skeletal Explore 'skeletal' in the dictionary Additional synonyms in the sense of fragmentary Definition made up of small or unconnected pieces The extant volume is fragmentary. Synonyms incomplete, broken, scattered, partial, disconnected, discrete, sketchy, piecemeal, incoherent, scrappy, disjointed, bitty, unsystematic in the sense of gaunt Definition bony and emaciated in appearance Looking gaunt and tired, he denied there was anything to worry about. Synonyms thin, lean, skinny, skeletal, wasted, drawn, spare, pinched, angular, bony, lanky, haggard, emaciated, scrawny, skin and bone, scraggy, cadaverous, rawboned, macilent (rare) in the sense of inadequate Definition not enough Supplies of food and medicine are inadequate. Synonyms insufficient, short, scarce, meagre, poor, lacking, incomplete, scant, sparse, skimpy, sketchy, insubstantial, scanty, niggardly, incommensurate in the sense of insufficient Definition not enough for a particular purpose There was insufficient evidence to proceed. Synonyms inadequate, incomplete, scant, meagre, short, sparse, deficient, lacking, unqualified, insubstantial, incommensurate in the sense of lacking Why was military intelligence so lacking? Synonyms deficient, wanting, needing, missing, inadequate, minus (informal), flawed, impaired, sans (archaic) in the sense of partial Definition relating to only a part Their policy only met with partial success. Synonyms incomplete, limited, unfinished, imperfect, fragmentary, uncompleted in the sense of scrappy Definition badly organized or done a scrappy affair Synonyms incomplete, sketchy, piecemeal, disjointed, perfunctory, thrown together, fragmentary, bitty in the sense of wanting Definition not meeting requirements or expectations She examined his work and found it wanting. Synonyms deficient, poor, disappointing, inadequate, pathetic, inferior, insufficient, faulty, not good enough, defective, patchy, imperfect, sketchy, unsound, substandard, leaving much to be desired, not much cop (British, slang), not up to par, not up to expectations, bodger or bodgie (Australian, slang) in the sense of wasted Definition pale, thin, and unhealthy exercises designed to help build up his wasted limbs Synonyms emaciated, weak, weakened, withered, frail, skeletal, shrivelled, shrunken, atrophied, scrawny, wizened
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