音标:英 /bəʊn/,美 /boʊn/
词性与核心含义:
名词(n.):骨、骨头;骨质;基本结构。是构成动物躯体的坚硬组织,可指单根骨头或整体骨骼。
动词(v.):剔去骨头(肉或鱼);施骨肥于;(俚语)临时突击学习。
副词(adv.):(非正式)非常、完全地。
复数:bones
第三人称单数:bones
现在分词:boning
过去式/过去分词:boned
close to the bone:过于直白、露骨。
例:His jokes are rather close to the bone.(他的笑话相当露骨。)
in your bones:凭直觉。
例:I've got a feeling in my bones that things are not quite right.(直觉告诉我情况不太对头。)
skin and bone:骨瘦如柴。
例:He was nothing but skin and bone after the illness.(病后他瘦得只剩皮包骨头。)
have a bone to pick with sb:与某人有争端。
例:I have a bone to pick with you about yesterday's meeting.(关于昨天的会议,我要和你理论一番。)
make no bones about sth:对某事开诚布公。
例:She made no bones about her disagreement with the plan.(她毫不掩饰对该计划的反对。)
bone up on sth:临时突击学习(非正式)。
例:I need to bone up on my French before the trip.(旅行前我得恶补一下法语。)
名词(骨头):She got a fish bone stuck in her throat.(她嗓子里卡了一根鱼刺。)
名词(骨质):Bone china is made with bone ash.(骨灰瓷是用骨灰制成的。)
动词(剔骨):Please bone the chicken before cooking.(烹饪前请将鸡肉剔骨。)
习语(非正式):Lazy bones! Get up and help with the chores.(懒虫!起来帮忙做家务。)
医学场景:The doctor set the broken bone in his leg.(医生为他接好了断腿骨。)
比喻用法:The bare bones of the project are now clear.(项目的基本框架现已明确。)
情感表达:The news chilled me to the bone.(这消息令我不寒而栗。)
历史引用:Ancient hunters engraved symbols on bone and stone.(古代猎人在骨头和石头上刻符号。)
日常场景:The dog gnawed on a bone in the yard.(狗在院子里啃骨头。)
俚语用法:He's boning up for the final exam.(他正在临时突击准备期末考试。)
作“骨骼”“尸体”解时常用复数形式 bones。例:His bones were laid to rest in the family cemetery.(他的尸骨被安葬在家族墓地。)
动词“bone”的俚语含义“性交”较为粗俗,使用时需注意语境。
从解剖学到日常对话,“bone”的用法贯穿语言的正式与非正式场景。下次听到“like a dog with a bone”,你会知道这是在形容某人对某话题“揪住不放”——就像狗叼着骨头不肯松口一样