bone

1. N-VAR Your bones are the hard parts inside your body that together form your skeleton. 骨头

Many passengers suffered broken bones. 许多乘客骨折了。

The body is made up primarily of bone, muscle, and fat. 人体主要由骨、肌肉和脂肪组成。

2. V-T If you bone a piece of meat or fish, you remove the bones from it before cooking it. 去 (肉、鱼) 骨或刺

Make sure that you do not pierce the skin when boning the chicken thighs. 给鸡腿去骨时，确保不要刺破皮。

3. ADJ A bone tool or ornament is made of bone. 骨制的[ADJ n]

...a small, expensive pocketknife with a bone handle. …一把昂贵的、带骨制刀把的小刀。

4. PHRASE The bare bones of something are its most basic parts or details. 基本要素

There are not even the bare bones of a garden here – I've got nothing. 这儿连花园的最基本的东西都没有–我一无所获。

5. →see also bare-bones

6. PHRASE If something such as costs are cut to the bone, they are reduced to the minimum possible. 减到最低

It has survived by cutting its costs to the bone. 把成本降到最低，它才撑了过来。