基本词义

bone 【/bəʊn/ DJ /boʊn/ DJ US /bon/ KK US 】

noun 

any of the hard parts that form the skeleton of the body of a human or an animal 骨头；骨 countable 

He survived the accident with no broken bones. 他在事故中幸免于难，没有骨折。 

This fish has a lot of bones in it. 这种鱼多刺。 

the hard substance that bones are made of 骨质 uncountable 

knives with bone handles 有骨质手把的刀子 

having bones of the type mentioned 有…样的骨头的 

fine-boned 骨质细密的 

Alternate: -boned 

Idiom: a bone of contention 

a subject which causes disagreement and arguments between people 争执所在 

Idiom: close to the bone British English, informal 

of a remark, joke, story, etc. 话语、玩笑、故事等 so honest or clearly expressed that it is likely to cause offence to some people 过于直率 

His comments about her size were a bit close to the bone. 他对她的身材的评论有点过于直率。 

Idiom: cut, pare, etc. sth to the bone 

to reduce sth, such as costs, as much as you possibly can 尽量削减（开支等） 

Idiom: have a bone to pick with sb spoken