English Dictionary

skeleton

/ˈskɛlətən/

noun

(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.

The skeleton provides support and protection for the body.

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.