skeleton

US /ˈskel.ə.t̬ən/
UK /ˈskel.ə.t̬ən/
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1.

骨骼, 骨架

an internal or external framework of bone, cartilage, or other rigid material supporting or containing the body of an animal or plant.

:
The human skeleton is made up of 206 bones.
人體骨骼由206塊骨頭組成。
Archaeologists discovered a complete dinosaur skeleton.
考古學家發現了一具完整的恐龍骨架。
2.

骨架, 框架

the supporting framework, basic structure, or main outlines of something.

:
The skeleton of the new building is now complete.
新建築的骨架現已完成。
We only have the bare skeleton of the plan so far.
到目前為止,我們只有計劃的基本框架。