English Dictionary

skeleton

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈskɛlətən/

名詞

比喩的用法 限定用法 特に

(anatomy) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals. / An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton.

日本語の意味

（解剖学）骨や軟骨で構成され、生物に支持を与える構造、すなわち骨格。 / （比喩的表現）擬人化された骨格の姿や形象

The archaeologists carefully cleaned the ancient skeleton before cataloging it.

考古学者たちは分類する前に、その古い骸骨を慎重に洗浄した。

意味（1）

(anatomy) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.

At the foot of a pretty big pine, and involved in a green creeper, which had even partly lifted some of the smaller bones, a human skeleton lay, with a few shreds of clothing, on the ground.

意味（2）

An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton.

She dressed up as a skeleton for Halloween.

意味（3）

(figuratively) A very thin person.

She lost so much weight while she was ill that she became a skeleton.

意味（4）

(figuratively) The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure.

The skeleton of the organisation is essentially the same as it was ten years ago, but many new faces have come and gone.

意味（5）

(architecture) A frame that provides support to a building or other construction.

意味（6）

(computing, middleware) A client-helper procedure that communicates with a stub.

Coordinate term: stub

意味（7）

(geometry) The vertices and edges of a polyhedron, taken collectively.

意味（8）

(printing) A very thin form of light-faced type.

意味（9）

(especially attributive) Reduced to a minimum or bare essentials.

At the time of writing the halts have been reprieved due to doubts as to the legality of the withdrawal of services. It is feared that this reprieve may not outlast the summer timetable which, on the section in question, provides only a skeleton of the former service.

skeletons （ plural ）

skeleta （ plural ）