skeletons

英 [ˈskɛlɪtnz]

美 [ˈskɛlətənz]

n. 骨骼; 骨架; 骨骼标本; 骨瘦如柴的人(或动物); (建筑物等的)骨架，框架
skeleton的复数

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 骨骼;骸骨
Yourskeletonis the framework of bones in your body.
1. ...a human skeleton.
  人体骨骼
ADJ (员工)最基本的，基干的
Askeletonstaff is the smallest number of staff necessary in order to run an organization or service.
1. Only a skeleton staff remains to show anyone interested around the site.
  只有一小部分必需的工作人员留在那里，带有兴趣的人参观遗址。
N-COUNT 轮廓;框架;构架;梗概
Theskeletonof something such as a building or a plan is its basic framework.
1. Only skeletons of buildings remained.
  只剩下了建筑物的框架。
2. ...a skeleton of policy guidelines.
  政策纲领的概要
PHRASE 家丑;不可告人的丑事
If you say that someone hasa skeleton in the closet, or in British Englisha skeleton in the cupboard, you mean that they are keeping secret a bad or embarrassing fact about themselves.
1. Mr Worthing is this election's Mr Nice Guy, without any skeletons in his cupboard.
  沃辛先生是此次选举中的正派先生，本身没有任何见不得人的丑事。

Cracking jokes over murdered skeletons is not good times.
开被谋杀的骨骼的玩笑不是好的时候。
Unfortunately, they often discard surrounding rock from skeletons while preparing them for displays.
不幸的是，在准备展览的时候，他们常常将骨架周围的石头扔到一边。
It was bad enough to have those tiny skeletons in the toilet bowl.
抽水马桶里那些细小的尸骨，已经够叫人难过的了。
Made of limestone, these skeletons build up over time, forming the reef.
这些骨骼由石灰石组成，随着时间推移而层层堆积，形成礁脉。
I read they also found dog skeletons and many shards of pottery that had been decorated with cord.
我听说他们还发现狗的骨骸，以及很多曾用细绳装饰的陶器碎片。
Several dinosaur skeletons have been discovered in the area.
这个地区发现了几个恐龙的骨骼。
He centers his constructions around reinforced concrete or steel skeletons.
他的建筑主要是以钢筋混凝土或钢为骨架的。
The archaeologist have found several human skeletons.
考古学家已经发现几具人的骨骼。
Coral reefs form when colonies of tropical marine plants and animals with limestone skeletons rise atop earlier generations.
珊瑚礁形成当热带海洋植动物和石灰石骨骼升起在更早的世代。
The calcareous skeletons of this distinctive species have weathered out from the limestone matrix.
这一独特物种的钙质骨骼已在石灰石矩阵中风化。