bony

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or bon·ey B0383900 (bō′nē)adj. bon·i·er, bon·i·est also bon·ey·er or bon·ey·est 1. Of, relating to, resembling, or consisting of bone.2. Having an internal skeleton of bones.3. Full of bones: a bony fillet of fish.4. a. Having prominent or protruding bones: a bony wrist.b. Lean; scrawny.

bon′i·ness n.

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(ˈbəʊnɪ) adj, bonier or boniest1. resembling or consisting of bone or bones2. having many bones3. having prominent bones: bony cheeks. 4. thin or emaciated: a bony old woman. ˈboniness n

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(ˈboʊ ni)

adj. bon•i•er, bon•i•est. 1. of or like bone. 2. full of bones. 3. having prominent bones; big-boned. 4. skinny; gaunt; emaciated. [1350–1400] bon′i•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	bony - very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wastedlean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
	2.	bony - composed of or containing bone; "osseous tissue"osseous, osteal
	3.	bony - having bones especially many or prominent bones; "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist"; "bony fish"boneyboneless - being without a bone or bones; "jellyfish are boneless"

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adjective thin, lean, skinny, angular, gaunt, skeletal, haggard, emaciated, scrawny, undernourished, cadaverous, rawboned, macilent (rare) an old man with a bony face and white hair

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adjectiveHaving little flesh or fat on the body:angular, fleshless, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean, meager, rawboned, scrawny, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin, twiggy, weedy.Idioms: all skin and bones, thin as a rail.

Translations

多骨的象骨的骨瘦如柴的

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(bəun) noun1. the hard substance forming the skeleton of man, animals etc. Bone decays far more slowly than flesh.骨质物2. a piece of this substance. She broke two of the bones in her foot.骨头 verb to take the bones out of (fish etc). 剔去...的骨ˈbony adjective1. like bone. a bony substance.象骨的2. full of bones. This fish is very bony.多骨的3. thin. bony fingers.骨瘦如柴的bone china china in whose manufacture the ashes of burnt bones are used. 骨灰瓷（用瓷土与磷酸钙烧成的半透明瓷器） bone idle very lazy. He could find a job but he's bone idle.懒极的a bone of contention a cause of argument or quarrelling. Ownership of the boat was a bone of contention between the two men for many years.争论的原因have a bone to pick with (someone) to have something to argue about with (a person). 同某人争论to the bone1. thoroughly and completely. I was chilled to the bone.完全彻底2. to the minimum. I've cut my expenses to the bone.到最低程度

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adj thin

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adj having little flesh or fat on the body

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adj very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

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adj composed of or containing bone

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adj having bones especially many or prominent bones

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