bone
bone — 名詞
- bonesingular
- bonesplural
1. one of the solid parts inside a person or animal that join together to support t
骨骼
支撐身體的硬骨頭
one of the solid parts inside a person or animal that join together to support the body.
Christopher broke a bone in his foot during the school basketball final.
Christopher 在學校籃球決賽時摔斷了腳上的一根骨頭。
break a bone + body part
The museum displayed whale bones beside old fishing tools from the coast.
博物館把鯨魚骨骼展示在海邊舊漁具旁。
bones of an animal in a museum setting
Doctors checked Nora's wrist bone after she slipped on the wet stairs.
Nora 在濕滑樓梯上跌倒後，醫生檢查了她的手腕骨頭。
A puppy's bones are still growing, so rough jumps can cause damage.
小狗的骨頭還在生長，所以亂跳可能會造成傷害。
bones growing in a young animal
- break a bone
- bone pain
- bone growth
文法句型
break a bone
see a bone on an X-ray
用法筆記
Usually countable when you mean one part of a skeleton. In everyday English it often appears in phrases like break a bone, bone pain, or bone growth.
2. the hard piece inside meat or fish that you remove or eat around.
魚刺；骨頭
肉或魚裡的硬骨
the hard piece inside meat or fish that you remove or eat around.
Be careful with the fish, because a small bone can catch in your throat.
吃魚要小心，因為小魚刺可能會卡在喉嚨裡。
fish bone + catch in the throat
Ignacio cut the meat from the bone and added it to the soup.
Ignacio 把肉從骨頭上切下來，再放進湯裡。
meat from the bone
Noa spat out the chicken bone before taking another bite of rice.
Noa 把雞骨頭吐出來後，又吃了一口飯。
The cook warned us that the stew still had tiny bones in it.
廚師提醒我們，這鍋燉菜裡還有細小的骨頭。
tiny bones in cooked food
- fish bone
- meat on the bone
- chicken bone
文法句型
meat on the bone
fish bone in the throat
用法筆記
Often appears with meat, fish, chicken, or throat. Distinguish from sense 1, which is about the body structure itself rather than food on a plate.
3. a rhythm instrument made from two hard pieces that are clicked together in the f
響骨
以兩片硬片互敲的樂器
a rhythm instrument made from two hard pieces that are clicked together in the fingers.
At the folk festival, Lukas kept the rhythm by clicking a pair of bones.
在民俗音樂節上，Lukas 用一對響骨敲出節奏。
a pair of bones in folk music
The music teacher showed Mia how bones sound different from wooden spoons.
音樂老師讓 Mia 聽出響骨和木湯匙的聲音差別。
bones as a named instrument
A street performer played the bones beside the drum and fiddle.
街頭藝人在鼓和提琴旁邊演奏響骨。
Rohan bought a pair of plastic bones after joining a folk dance group.
Rohan 加入民俗舞團後，買了一對塑膠響骨。
buy a pair of bones for performance
- play the bones
- pair of bones
文法句型
play the bones
a pair of bones
用法筆記
Usually used in the plural as the name of the instrument. It is most often mentioned in folk, traditional, or street-music settings.
4. the hard tissue that forms bones, or a similar hard animal material.
骨質
骨頭形成時的硬組織
the hard tissue that forms bones, or a similar hard animal material.
The archaeologist tested the bone to see how old the buried animal was.
考古學家檢驗這些骨質，想知道埋藏動物有多古老。
bone as material for testing
The knife handle was carved from polished bone, not from plastic.
這把刀的握柄是用拋光骨質雕成的，不是塑膠。
made from bone
Old surgeons once used tools made from bone and metal.
早期外科醫師曾使用骨質和金屬製成的工具。
The lab compares human bone with ivory to identify ancient objects.
實驗室把人類骨質和象牙相比，好辨認古代器物。
compare bone with other hard animal materials
- bone tissue
- made of bone
- human bone
文法句型
made of bone
human bone
用法筆記
This is a material sense, so bone usually behaves like an uncountable noun here. It often appears in science, archaeology, or descriptions of carved objects.
5. the main structure or most important facts of something, before extra detail is
骨架；核心
事物最重要的基本結構
the main structure or most important facts of something, before extra detail is added.
The first email gave us the bones of the proposal, but not the cost.
第一封電子郵件只先交代了提案的骨架，還沒提到成本。
the bones of + plan or proposal
Her outline had the bones of a strong speech for the student rally.
她的提綱已經有學生集會演講的核心骨架。
bones of a speech
We could see the bones of the new policy, even before the details arrived.
細節還沒送到前，我們就已經看出新政策的骨架了。
The novel's last chapter reveals the bones of the family's long secret.
小說最後一章揭露了這個家族長年秘密的核心架構。
bones of a story or secret
- the bones of a plan
- the bones of a story
- the bones of an argument
文法句型
the bones of a plan
the bones of a story
用法筆記
Most often used in the plural, especially in the bones of something. It refers to the structure or key facts, not the final polished version.
6. a pale off-white colour with a slight yellow or beige tone.
骨白色
帶米黃調的淡白色
a pale off-white colour with a slight yellow or beige tone.
She chose bone curtains to make the small room look warmer.
她選了骨白色窗簾，讓小房間看起來更溫暖。
bone + noun in interior design
The tiles were bone rather than pure white, so the kitchen felt softer.
這些磁磚偏骨白色，不是純白，所以廚房感覺更柔和。
bone as a colour name after be
Brooke wore a bone sweater with dark green trousers to the interview.
Brooke 穿著一件骨白色毛衣去面試，搭配深綠色長褲。
The designer mixed bone paint with soft grey for the hallway walls.
設計師把骨白色油漆和柔灰色混在一起，用來刷走廊牆面。
bone as a paint colour
- bone white
- bone china shade
- bone fabric
文法句型
bone curtains
tiles were bone
用法筆記
Usually appears in design, paint, or clothing descriptions. It is softer and slightly warmer than plain white.
a bag of bones
idiomsomeone or an animal that is so thin their bones seem to show.
皮包骨
After the long illness, the stray dog looked like a bag of bones.
the simplest facts or structure of something, without extra detail.
基本架構
The email gave us the bare bones of the schedule before the meeting.
a bone of contention
idioman issue that keeps making people disagree.
爭論焦點
Parking fees remain a bone of contention between the tenants and the owner.
close to the bone
idiomso direct or rude that it is likely to upset or embarrass people.
太露骨
His joke was close to the bone, and half the table went quiet.
to reduce something to the smallest amount possible.
削到最低
The company pared travel costs to the bone after sales dropped sharply.
to feel completely sure something is true without being able to prove it.
心裡篤定
Mia felt it in her bones that the train would be late again.
to want to speak to someone angrily about something they did.
找人理論
I have a bone to pick with you about yesterday's missing keys.
determined to keep chasing something and not let it go.
咬住不放
Once Vikram found the error, he was like a dog with a bone.
to say or do something openly and without hesitation.
毫不避諱
The coach made no bones about dropping lazy players from the squad.
to completely lack a particular quality.
毫無…心
Lotte does not have a selfish bone in her body.
to add details that make a simple idea or plan more complete.
補上細節
Today's workshop will put flesh on the bones of last week's proposal.
extremely thin in a way that looks unhealthy.
皮包骨
By the end of winter, the abandoned horse was skin and bone.
to give someone a small part of what they want, but not the main thing.
給點甜頭
Management threw the staff a bone by adding two more vacation days.
to the bone
idiomvery deeply or strongly.
到骨子裡
The icy rain chilled us to the bone before dawn.
to work extremely hard for a long time.
拼命苦幹
Her parents worked their fingers to the bone to keep the shop open.
bone — 動詞
- bonepresent simple I / you / we / they
- bones3rd person singular
- boning-ing form
- bonedpast simple
1. to strip the hard inner pieces out of meat or fish before cooking or serving it.
去骨
把肉或魚裡的骨頭剔掉
to strip the hard inner pieces out of meat or fish before cooking or serving it.
The chef boned the trout before filling it with herbs and lemon.
廚師先把鱒魚去骨，再塞入香草和檸檬。
bone + fish before cooking
Walid asked the butcher to bone the lamb for a weekend roast.
Walid 請肉販把這塊羊肉去骨，好做週末烤肉。
bone + meat for a roast
Please bone the chicken carefully, so the skin stays in one piece.
請小心把雞肉去骨，這樣外皮才會保持完整。
The factory bones thousands of fish each day before freezing them.
這家工廠每天在冷凍前都會替成千上萬條魚去骨。
industrial food-processing use
- bone a fish
- bone a chicken
- bone a leg of lamb
- debone
more technical and especially common in recipes or food packaging
文法句型
bone + fish or meat
bone before cooking
用法筆記
Almost always takes meat or fish as its object. It is common in cooking, butchery, and food-processing contexts rather than everyday conversation.
2. to sleep with someone, expressed in a crude and offensive way.
幹
粗俗地指和某人性交
to sleep with someone, expressed in a crude and offensive way.
In the crude comedy, the drunk man bragged that he wanted to bone the waitress.
在那部低俗喜劇裡，那個醉漢吹噓自己想幹那位女服務生。
offensive slang in reported speech
The teacher reported Liam after he yelled a line about boning his ex online.
Liam 在線上吼出一句提到想幹前任的話後，被老師通報了。
boning used as a slang gerund
The subtitle softened the scene where a soldier said he had boned a stranger.
字幕把那幕台詞放軟了；士兵原本說自己幹過一個陌生人。
The actor apologized after a leaked clip showed him joking about boning a classmate.
外流片段顯示那名演員拿幹同學開玩笑後，他出面道歉了。
boning in scandal-report context
- bone somebody
- boning somebody
文法句型
bone + person
用法筆記
Highly offensive. It usually appears in crude jokes, aggressive speech, or subtitles that are trying to show vulgar slang.
3. to study very hard for a test or another demanding task.
苦讀
為考試拚命念書
to study very hard for a test or another demanding task.
Noor boned all weekend before the medical entrance exam.
Noor 在醫學入學考前整個週末都在苦讀。
bone before an exam
During finals week, Otis boned in the library until midnight each night.
期末週時，Otis 每晚都在圖書館苦讀到半夜。
bone in the library until late
We had to bone fast after the teacher moved the history test forward.
老師把歷史考提前後，我們只好趕快苦讀。
Apinya boned for three straight nights before the law licensing exam.
Apinya 在法律證照考前，連續三個晚上都在苦讀。
bone for nights before an exam
- bone before finals
- bone all weekend
- cram
more common and more clearly tied to last-minute exam study
文法句型
bone before an exam
bone late into the night
用法筆記
Informal and uncommon on its own. It refers to intense preparation, especially before an exam, and is more likely in American slang.
bone — 副詞
1. used before some adjectives to mean completely or extremely.
極其
放在形容詞前表示非常
used before some adjectives to mean completely or extremely.
After the night hike, Joshua was bone tired and barely finished dinner.
夜間健行後，Joshua 累得要命，晚餐幾乎吃不完。
bone + tired
By August, the rice field looked bone dry after six weeks without rain.
到了八月，這片稻田在六週沒下雨後已經乾得要命。
bone + dry
The climbers were bone cold when the rescue boat finally reached them.
救援船終於趕到時，那群登山客已經冷得要命。
After the twelve-hour shift, the nurses looked bone tired in the dawn light.
值完十二小時班後，那群護理師在黎明光線裡看起來累得要命。
bone + tired after long work
- bone dry
- bone tired
- bone cold
文法句型
bone + adjective
用法筆記
This intensifier is limited to certain fixed combinations such as bone dry, bone tired, and bone cold. It is not freely used before most adjectives.