skeletal
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++skel·e·tal /ˈskelətəl/ adjective 1 HBTHIN OBJECT OR MATERIALlike a skeleton or relating to a skeleton 像骨骼的；骨骼的 Police discovered the skeletal remains of a corpse buried near the river. 警方发现了埋在河边的一具尸骨。2 someone who is skeletal is so thin that you can see their bones through their skin 〔人〕骨瘦如柴的 SYN emaciated prisoners whose clothes hung loosely on their skeletal bodies 骨瘦如柴、衣服松松垮垮地挂在身上的囚犯► see thesaurus at thin
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skeletal• They were skeletal and covered in mange.• Excavators have found skeletal and cremated remains in some megalithic structures, but by no means all.• They run wild into the woods, filthy, skeletal and naked.• Robert Dornan of California run skeletal campaigns, and their staff could not be reached for this story.• His studies would lead to the identification of several dozen other forms of dwarfism, or skeletal dysplasia.• He ran a skeletal hand over the bristles of his hair.• Even a skeletal list of the fundamentally important matters which we thus take for granted would be very long.• Daly's skeletal remains were found almost a month later.• The central exhibit is a bright pink, skeletal temple in which the Prince's central advice to architects is enshrined.skeletal remains• The remains, however, appear to be little more than hair and fragments of flesh covering ghastly skeletal remains.• In shallow marine sediments from anywhere on the present Earth one might expect to find the skeletal remains and teeth of sharks.• The handprints on the walls match the size of hands from skeletal remains of Paleolithic women.• Occasionally the silica-rich skeletal remains of single-celled marine organisms, diatoms, and of sponges occur in pottery.• Her skeletal remains were found then.skel·e·tal adjectiveChineseSyllable
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skeletal
skel‧e‧tal /ˈskelətəl, ˈskelɪtəl/
adjective
1. like a skeleton or relating to a skeleton:
Police discovered the skeletal remains of a corpse buried near the river.
2. someone who is skeletal is so thin that you can see their bones through their skin
SYN emaciated:
prisoners whose clothes hung loosely on their skeletal bodies
■ person
▪thin having little fat on your body: a tall, thin man
▪slim thin in an attractive way: her slim figure | a slim woman in her fifties | Magazines are always full of advice about how to stay slim.
▪slender written thin in an attractive and graceful way – used especially about parts of the body, and used especially about women: her long, slender legs | She is slender, with very fair hair.
▪lean thin and looking healthy and fit: his lean body | He was lean and looked like a runner.
▪skinny very thin in a way that is not attractive: a skinny teenager | Your arms are so skinny!
▪slight written thin and delicate: a small, slight girl with big eyes
▪scrawny /ˈskrɔːni $ ˈskrɒː-/ very thin, small, and weak-looking: a scrawny kid in blue jeans
▪underweight below the usual weight for someone of your height, and therefore too thin: He had no appetite and remained underweight.
▪gaunt /ɡɔːnt $ ɡɒːnt/ written very thin and pale, especially because of illness or continued worry: He looked gaunt and had not shaved for days.
▪emaciated /ɪˈmeɪʃieɪtəd, ɪˈmeɪʃieɪtɪd, -si-/ written extremely thin and weak, because you are ill or not getting enough to eat: The tents were filled with emaciated refugees.
▪skeletal written used about someone who is so thin that you can see the shape of their bones: The soldiers were shocked by the skeletal figures of the camp’s prisoners.
▪anorexic used about someone who is extremely thin because they have a mental illness that makes them stop eating: Her daughter is anorexic. | anorexic teenagers
skel‧e‧tal /ˈskelətəl, ˈskelɪtəl/
adjective1. like a skeleton or relating to a skeleton:
2. someone who is skeletal is so thin that you can see their bones through their skin
SYN emaciated:
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