Definition of skeletal in English:

skeletal

adjective skəˈliːt(ə)lˈskɛlɪt(ə)lˈskɛlədl

1Relating to or functioning as a skeleton.
（与）骨骼（有关）的；具有骨骼功能的
the skeletal remains of aquatic organisms
水生物骨骼遗骸。
Example sentencesExamples
- Several patients who underwent skeletal myoblast transfer experienced ventricular tachyarrhythmias within weeks of transplantation.
- What factors are involved in building and maintaining skeletal health throughout life?
- A 57-year-old woman underwent a combined skeletal and metabolic survey of her total body bone mass to establish the extent of osteoporosis.
- The disc covers 150 fetal anomalies, including head, skeletal, gastrointestinal and cardiac anomalies.
- No flesh was attached to the skeletal remains suggesting the body was exposed to the elements for at least two-months.
- Recent advances in human genetics have increased our understanding of the ways particular gene perturbations produce cranial skeletal malformations.
- This skull was considered to be the oldest human skeletal remains found in the region.
- Thus, bone quality and skeletal fragility are among the hottest topics for basic scientists, clinical investigators, and clinicians.
- A skeletal survey found no lytic bone lesions at this time.
- Premature fusion may be associated with cranial and often facial skeletal anomalies.
- This is a book of case studies on how skeletal analysis is applied to human and animal remains in medicolegal cases.
- Police uncovered the skeletal remains of a body in a shallow grave in the garden of an upmarket house in Gonubie yesterday.
- How these mutations lead to the skeletal phenotype is not known.
1. 1.1 Very thin; emaciated.
  瘦骨嶙峋的；憔悴的
  a small, skeletal boy clothed in rags
  一个衣衫破旧、骨瘦如柴的小男孩。
  Example sentencesExamples
  An anorexic who for years has been doing a ‘good job’ at being anorexic is hiding in plain sight all the time. She's thin, but not skeletal.
  His face was small and thin, his skin stretched around skeletal features.
  She was dressed in her uniform, a thin green polo shirt that swamped her skeletal frame and a pair of baggy black trousers.
  Her face, skeletal from an apparent lack of food, curves thin lips into a wry grin.
  He was a little taller than Diana, thin, but not skeletal.
  He is skeletal and scrawny with his minuscule bones poking through his clothes.
  She props up her skeletal frame, wizened beyond her 48 years, with spindly arms wrapped around a twisted cane.
  He was already walking a fine line between thin and skeletal when we met, but now he just looks ill.
  Synonyms
  emaciated, very thin, as thin as a rake, cadaverous, skin-and-bones, hollow-cheeked, scrawny, scraggy, skinny, size-zero, bony, angular, stick-like, raw-boned, lantern-jawed, gaunt, haggard, wasted
  starved, half-starved, undernourished, underfed
  shrunken, wizened, fleshless
  informal looking like a bag of bones, anorexic, anorectic
  dated spindle-shanked
  archaic starveling
2Existing only in outline or as a framework of something.
纲要的；梗概的
a skeletal plot for a novel
一部小说的梗概。
Example sentencesExamples
- While most scholars of southern history and politics know the skeletal outlines of this story, Frederickson explains it in detail.
- Details of how the Pond of Safety Forest will be managed are still being hammered into place, but a skeletal framework is clear.
- The plot, as it stands, is only the skeletal outline of a movie.
- Unlike American Pie, which actually had a story, this picture can boast little more than a skeletal plot that serves as the device by which a series of sketches can be presented.
- As you can imagine, at the moment, all I have is a skeletal framework of information regarding the aforementioned incident.
- There's much more to it than that of course, but that skeletal outline of the process is enough to understand why it's so hard to add value to email.
Synonyms
lacking in detail, incomplete, outline, inadequate, insufficient, fragmentary, sketchy, patchy, bitty, scrappy, broad-brush, superficial, perfunctory
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Derivatives

skeletally

adverb

as submodifier skeletally gaunt
Example sentencesExamples
- Active young adults who are skeletally mature are at increased risk for stress fracture of the femoral neck.
- Not only are they dentally impaired but skeletally out of proportion.
- She is skeletally thin, with hollow, cadaverous eyes and cheeks.
- She became skeletally thin, and lost her eyesight in one eye.
- At your age, your body is still developing, skeletally and hormonally, so a regular training program, a whole-food diet high in protein and good sleeping habits should be sufficient to promote muscular growth.
- A pack of skeletally thin dogs, which have followed their owners, sniff the wet patches of grass for scraps of food.

Definition of skeletal in US English:

skeletal

adjectiveˈskɛlədlˈskelədl

1Relating to or functioning as a skeleton.
（与）骨骼（有关）的；具有骨骼功能的
the skeletal remains of aquatic organisms
水生物骨骼遗骸。
Example sentencesExamples
- Thus, bone quality and skeletal fragility are among the hottest topics for basic scientists, clinical investigators, and clinicians.
- The disc covers 150 fetal anomalies, including head, skeletal, gastrointestinal and cardiac anomalies.
- A 57-year-old woman underwent a combined skeletal and metabolic survey of her total body bone mass to establish the extent of osteoporosis.
- How these mutations lead to the skeletal phenotype is not known.
- Police uncovered the skeletal remains of a body in a shallow grave in the garden of an upmarket house in Gonubie yesterday.
- This skull was considered to be the oldest human skeletal remains found in the region.
- Recent advances in human genetics have increased our understanding of the ways particular gene perturbations produce cranial skeletal malformations.
- No flesh was attached to the skeletal remains suggesting the body was exposed to the elements for at least two-months.
- What factors are involved in building and maintaining skeletal health throughout life?
- Premature fusion may be associated with cranial and often facial skeletal anomalies.
- This is a book of case studies on how skeletal analysis is applied to human and animal remains in medicolegal cases.
- A skeletal survey found no lytic bone lesions at this time.
- Several patients who underwent skeletal myoblast transfer experienced ventricular tachyarrhythmias within weeks of transplantation.
1. 1.1 Very thin; emaciated.
  瘦骨嶙峋的；憔悴的
  a small, skeletal boy clothed in rags
  一个衣衫破旧、骨瘦如柴的小男孩。
  Example sentencesExamples
  An anorexic who for years has been doing a ‘good job’ at being anorexic is hiding in plain sight all the time. She's thin, but not skeletal.
  She was dressed in her uniform, a thin green polo shirt that swamped her skeletal frame and a pair of baggy black trousers.
  His face was small and thin, his skin stretched around skeletal features.
  Her face, skeletal from an apparent lack of food, curves thin lips into a wry grin.
  He was already walking a fine line between thin and skeletal when we met, but now he just looks ill.
  She props up her skeletal frame, wizened beyond her 48 years, with spindly arms wrapped around a twisted cane.
  He is skeletal and scrawny with his minuscule bones poking through his clothes.
  He was a little taller than Diana, thin, but not skeletal.
  Synonyms
  emaciated, very thin, as thin as a rake, cadaverous, skin-and-bones, hollow-cheeked, scrawny, scraggy, skinny, size-zero, bony, angular, stick-like, raw-boned, lantern-jawed, gaunt, haggard, wasted
2. 1.2 Existing only in outline or as a framework of something.
  纲要的；梗概的
  a skeletal plot for a novel
  一部小说的梗概。
  the skeletal leaves of long-faded roses
  久已褪色的玫瑰花的枯萎花瓣。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The plot, as it stands, is only the skeletal outline of a movie.
  There's much more to it than that of course, but that skeletal outline of the process is enough to understand why it's so hard to add value to email.
  As you can imagine, at the moment, all I have is a skeletal framework of information regarding the aforementioned incident.
  Details of how the Pond of Safety Forest will be managed are still being hammered into place, but a skeletal framework is clear.
  Unlike American Pie, which actually had a story, this picture can boast little more than a skeletal plot that serves as the device by which a series of sketches can be presented.
  While most scholars of southern history and politics know the skeletal outlines of this story, Frederickson explains it in detail.
  Synonyms
  lacking in detail, incomplete, outline, inadequate, insufficient, fragmentary, sketchy, patchy, bitty, scrappy, broad-brush, superficial, perfunctory

词汇	skeletal
释义	Definition of skeletal in English: skeletal adjective skəˈliːt(ə)lˈskɛlɪt(ə)lˈskɛlədl 1Relating to or functioning as a skeleton. （与）骨骼（有关）的；具有骨骼功能的 the skeletal remains of aquatic organisms 水生物骨骼遗骸。 Example sentencesExamples Several patients who underwent skeletal myoblast transfer experienced ventricular tachyarrhythmias within weeks of transplantation. What factors are involved in building and maintaining skeletal health throughout life? A 57-year-old woman underwent a combined skeletal and metabolic survey of her total body bone mass to establish the extent of osteoporosis. The disc covers 150 fetal anomalies, including head, skeletal, gastrointestinal and cardiac anomalies. No flesh was attached to the skeletal remains suggesting the body was exposed to the elements for at least two-months. Recent advances in human genetics have increased our understanding of the ways particular gene perturbations produce cranial skeletal malformations. This skull was considered to be the oldest human skeletal remains found in the region. Thus, bone quality and skeletal fragility are among the hottest topics for basic scientists, clinical investigators, and clinicians. A skeletal survey found no lytic bone lesions at this time. Premature fusion may be associated with cranial and often facial skeletal anomalies. This is a book of case studies on how skeletal analysis is applied to human and animal remains in medicolegal cases. Police uncovered the skeletal remains of a body in a shallow grave in the garden of an upmarket house in Gonubie yesterday. How these mutations lead to the skeletal phenotype is not known. 1.1 Very thin; emaciated. 瘦骨嶙峋的；憔悴的 a small, skeletal boy clothed in rags 一个衣衫破旧、骨瘦如柴的小男孩。 Example sentencesExamples An anorexic who for years has been doing a ‘good job’ at being anorexic is hiding in plain sight all the time. She's thin, but not skeletal. His face was small and thin, his skin stretched around skeletal features. She was dressed in her uniform, a thin green polo shirt that swamped her skeletal frame and a pair of baggy black trousers. Her face, skeletal from an apparent lack of food, curves thin lips into a wry grin. He was a little taller than Diana, thin, but not skeletal. He is skeletal and scrawny with his minuscule bones poking through his clothes. She props up her skeletal frame, wizened beyond her 48 years, with spindly arms wrapped around a twisted cane. He was already walking a fine line between thin and skeletal when we met, but now he just looks ill. Synonyms emaciated, very thin, as thin as a rake, cadaverous, skin-and-bones, hollow-cheeked, scrawny, scraggy, skinny, size-zero, bony, angular, stick-like, raw-boned, lantern-jawed, gaunt, haggard, wasted starved, half-starved, undernourished, underfed shrunken, wizened, fleshless informal looking like a bag of bones, anorexic, anorectic dated spindle-shanked archaic starveling 2Existing only in outline or as a framework of something. 纲要的；梗概的 a skeletal plot for a novel 一部小说的梗概。 Example sentencesExamples While most scholars of southern history and politics know the skeletal outlines of this story, Frederickson explains it in detail. Details of how the Pond of Safety Forest will be managed are still being hammered into place, but a skeletal framework is clear. The plot, as it stands, is only the skeletal outline of a movie. Unlike American Pie, which actually had a story, this picture can boast little more than a skeletal plot that serves as the device by which a series of sketches can be presented. As you can imagine, at the moment, all I have is a skeletal framework of information regarding the aforementioned incident. There's much more to it than that of course, but that skeletal outline of the process is enough to understand why it's so hard to add value to email. Synonyms lacking in detail, incomplete, outline, inadequate, insufficient, fragmentary, sketchy, patchy, bitty, scrappy, broad-brush, superficial, perfunctory thumbnail Derivatives skeletally adverb as submodifier skeletally gaunt Example sentencesExamples Active young adults who are skeletally mature are at increased risk for stress fracture of the femoral neck. Not only are they dentally impaired but skeletally out of proportion. She is skeletally thin, with hollow, cadaverous eyes and cheeks. She became skeletally thin, and lost her eyesight in one eye. At your age, your body is still developing, skeletally and hormonally, so a regular training program, a whole-food diet high in protein and good sleeping habits should be sufficient to promote muscular growth. A pack of skeletally thin dogs, which have followed their owners, sniff the wet patches of grass for scraps of food. Definition of skeletal in US English: skeletal adjectiveˈskɛlədlˈskelədl 1Relating to or functioning as a skeleton. （与）骨骼（有关）的；具有骨骼功能的 the skeletal remains of aquatic organisms 水生物骨骼遗骸。 Example sentencesExamples Thus, bone quality and skeletal fragility are among the hottest topics for basic scientists, clinical investigators, and clinicians. The disc covers 150 fetal anomalies, including head, skeletal, gastrointestinal and cardiac anomalies. A 57-year-old woman underwent a combined skeletal and metabolic survey of her total body bone mass to establish the extent of osteoporosis. How these mutations lead to the skeletal phenotype is not known. Police uncovered the skeletal remains of a body in a shallow grave in the garden of an upmarket house in Gonubie yesterday. This skull was considered to be the oldest human skeletal remains found in the region. Recent advances in human genetics have increased our understanding of the ways particular gene perturbations produce cranial skeletal malformations. No flesh was attached to the skeletal remains suggesting the body was exposed to the elements for at least two-months. What factors are involved in building and maintaining skeletal health throughout life? Premature fusion may be associated with cranial and often facial skeletal anomalies. This is a book of case studies on how skeletal analysis is applied to human and animal remains in medicolegal cases. A skeletal survey found no lytic bone lesions at this time. Several patients who underwent skeletal myoblast transfer experienced ventricular tachyarrhythmias within weeks of transplantation. 1.1 Very thin; emaciated. 瘦骨嶙峋的；憔悴的 a small, skeletal boy clothed in rags 一个衣衫破旧、骨瘦如柴的小男孩。 Example sentencesExamples An anorexic who for years has been doing a ‘good job’ at being anorexic is hiding in plain sight all the time. She's thin, but not skeletal. She was dressed in her uniform, a thin green polo shirt that swamped her skeletal frame and a pair of baggy black trousers. His face was small and thin, his skin stretched around skeletal features. Her face, skeletal from an apparent lack of food, curves thin lips into a wry grin. He was already walking a fine line between thin and skeletal when we met, but now he just looks ill. She props up her skeletal frame, wizened beyond her 48 years, with spindly arms wrapped around a twisted cane. He is skeletal and scrawny with his minuscule bones poking through his clothes. He was a little taller than Diana, thin, but not skeletal. Synonyms emaciated, very thin, as thin as a rake, cadaverous, skin-and-bones, hollow-cheeked, scrawny, scraggy, skinny, size-zero, bony, angular, stick-like, raw-boned, lantern-jawed, gaunt, haggard, wasted 1.2 Existing only in outline or as a framework of something. 纲要的；梗概的 a skeletal plot for a novel 一部小说的梗概。 the skeletal leaves of long-faded roses 久已褪色的玫瑰花的枯萎花瓣。 Example sentencesExamples The plot, as it stands, is only the skeletal outline of a movie. There's much more to it than that of course, but that skeletal outline of the process is enough to understand why it's so hard to add value to email. As you can imagine, at the moment, all I have is a skeletal framework of information regarding the aforementioned incident. Details of how the Pond of Safety Forest will be managed are still being hammered into place, but a skeletal framework is clear. Unlike American Pie, which actually had a story, this picture can boast little more than a skeletal plot that serves as the device by which a series of sketches can be presented. While most scholars of southern history and politics know the skeletal outlines of this story, Frederickson explains it in detail. Synonyms lacking in detail, incomplete, outline, inadequate, insufficient, fragmentary, sketchy, patchy, bitty, scrappy, broad-brush, superficial, perfunctory
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