bone 1 S2 W2 / bəʊn $ boʊn / 名词

1 [可数名词] one of the hard parts that together form the frame of a human, animal, or fish body :

The X-ray showed that the bone was broken in two places.

hip/leg/cheek etc bone (= the bone in your hip etc )

He broke his collar bone.

big-boned/fine-boned/small-boned etc (= with big etc bones )

She was tall and big-boned.

Amelia had inherited her mother’s good bone structure .

2 [不可数名词] a substance made of bones :

the bone handle of his dagger

3 the bare bones the simplest and most important details of something :

I can’t tell you more than the bare bones of what happened.

4 make no bones about (doing) something to not feel nervous or ashamed about doing or saying something :

Mary made no bones about enjoying a drink.

5 bone of contention something that causes arguments between people :

The examination system has long been a serious bone of contention in this country.

6 be chilled/frozen to the bone to be extremely cold

7 skin and bone very thin :

She was all skin and bone.

8 a bag of bones someone who is much too thin

9 feel/know something in your bones to be certain that something is true, even though you have no proof and cannot explain why you are certain :

She knew that something good was sure to happen; she could feel it in her bones.

10 have a bone to pick with somebody spoken used to tell someone that you are annoyed with them and want to talk about it

11 close to the bone a remark, statement etc that is close to the bone is close to the truth in a way that may offend someone :

His jokes were a bit close to the bone.

12 cut something to the bone to reduce costs, services etc as much as possible :

Shops cut prices to the bone in the January sales.

13 on the bone meat that is served on the bone is still joined to the bone :

a boiled ham on the bone

14 off the bone meat that is served off the bone has been cut away from the bone :

roasted duck, off the bone

→ dry as a bone at dry 1 ( 1 ) , → work your fingers to the bone at work 1 ( 29 )

COLLOCATIONS

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + bone

broken The doctor thought that I had a broken bone in my wrist. | Luckily the bone wasn’t broken.

a thigh/hip/ankle etc bone He was so thin that his hip bones were sticking out.

human/animal bones They dug up a lot of human bones from under the castle.

动词

break a bone I hope you haven’t broken a bone.

fracture a bone (= to break a bone so that a line appears on the surface ) Sally fell, fracturing a bone in her leg.

bone + NOUN

bone structure (= the shape of your face, formed by the bones in it ) She had beautiful eyes and fine bone structure.

bone disease He suffered from a rare bone disease.