skeleton
US: /ˈskɛɫətən/
UK: /skˈɛlɪtən/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
skeleton /'skelitn/- danh từ
- bộ xương
- bộ khung, bộ gọng
- nhân, lõi, khung; nòng cốt
- dàn bài, sườn (bài)
- người gầy da bọc xương
- skeleton at the feast
- điều làm cho cụt hứng, điều làm mất vui
- skeleton in the cupboard; family skeleton
- việc xấu xa phải giấu giếm, việc ô nhục phải che đậy trong gia đình
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 the structure of bones that supports the body of a person or an animal; a model of this structure: The human skeleton consists of 206 bones. + a dinosaur skeleton
2 (informal) a very thin person or animal: The disease has reduced her to a skeleton.
3 [C, usually sing.] the main structure that supports a building, etc: Only the concrete skeleton of the factory remained.
4 [C, usually sing.] the basic outline of a plan, piece of writing, etc. to which more details can be added later: Examples were used to flesh out the skeleton of the argument.
5 ~ staff, crew, etc. the smallest number of people, etc. that you need to do sth: There will only be a skeleton staff on duty over the holiday. + We managed to operate a skeleton bus service during the strike.
Idioms: a skeleton in the cupboard (BrE) (also a skeleton in the closet AmE, BrE) (informal) something shocking, embarrassing, etc. that has happened to you or your family in the past that you want to keep secret
Collocation
ADJ.
dinosaur, fish, human, mammal/mammalian, etc. | external, internal
VERB + SKELETON
form
Concise dictionary
skeletons'skelɪtnnoun
+something reduced to its minimal form
+a scandal that is kept secret
+the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
+the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
