Translation meaning & definition of the word "skeleton" into Chinese (Traditional) language

noun

1. Something reduced to its minimal form

• "The battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self"

• "The bare skeleton of a novel"

synonym:
• skeleton

1. 減至最小形式

• "“該營只是其前自我的骨架”"

• "“小說的裸露骨架”"

同義詞:
• 骨架

2. A scandal that is kept secret

• "There must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet"

synonym:
• skeleton
,
• skeleton in the closet
,
• skeleton in the cupboard

2. 秘密的醜聞

• "“那個家庭的壁櫥裡一定有一個骨架”"

同義詞:
• 骨架
,
• 壁櫥裡的骨架
,
• 櫥櫃中的骨架

3. The hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal

synonym:
• skeletal system
,
• skeleton
,
• frame
,
• systema skeletale

3. 為動物的身體提供框架的堅硬結構（骨頭和軟骨）

同義詞:
• 骨骼系統
,
• 骨架
,
• 框架
,
• 系統骨骼

4. The internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape

• "The building has a steel skeleton"

synonym:
• skeleton
,
• skeletal frame
,
• frame
,
• underframe

4. 使神器具有形狀的內部支撐結構

• "“建築物有鋼骨架”"

同義詞:
• 骨架
,
• 骨骼框架
,
• 框架
,
• 底層

Examples of using

Tom is a human skeleton.

湯姆是人類的骨骼。

He looks just like a skeleton.

他看起來像骨架。

The poor old man was reduced to just a skeleton.

可憐的老人淪為骨架。

Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard.

每個家庭的櫥櫃裡都有骨架。

There is a skeleton in every closet.

每個壁櫥裡都有一個骨架。