bone

1. N-VAR Your bones are the hard parts inside your body that together form your skeleton. 骨頭

Many passengers suffered broken bones. 許多乘客骨折了。

The body is made up primarily of bone, muscle, and fat. 人躰主要由骨、肌肉和脂肪組成。

2. V-T If you bone a piece of meat or fish, you remove the bones from it before cooking it. 去 (肉、魚) 骨或刺

Make sure that you do not pierce the skin when boning the chicken thighs. 給雞腿去骨時，確保不要刺破皮。

3. ADJ A bone tool or ornament is made of bone. 骨制的[ADJ n]

...a small, expensive pocketknife with a bone handle. …一把昂貴的、帶骨制刀把的小刀。

4. PHRASE The bare bones of something are its most basic parts or details. 基本要素

There are not even the bare bones of a garden here – I've got nothing. 這兒連花園的最基本的東西都沒有–我一無所獲。

5. →see also bare-bones

6. PHRASE If something such as costs are cut to the bone, they are reduced to the minimum possible. 減到最低

It has survived by cutting its costs to the bone. 把成本降到最低，它才撐了過來。