单词详解 | bony

bony
音标
英音/ ˈbəʊni / 美音/ ˈboʊni /

听听基本释意:

外刊例句
Nothing had seized the gavel in bony fingers and was tapping, tapping, tapping, louder and louder, until it drowned out even the beating of his heart!
瘦骨嶙峋的手指没有抓住木槌,敲击、敲击、敲击,声音越来越大,直到淹没了他的心跳!
Washington Post

Eric says one man’s bony, warped ankles, and a young boy’s protruding ribs, are a sign of “malnutrition over a lifetime”.
埃里克说,一个男人骨瘦如柴、扭曲的脚踝和一个小男孩突出的肋骨,都是“一生营养不良”的迹象。
BBC

When No. 124 was taken from the truck brought to ferry the dead, two feet, bony and bruised, peeked out of the soiled black body bag.
当124号从运送死者的卡车上被抬出来时,从肮脏的黑色运尸袋中露出了两只脚,瘦骨嶙峋,伤痕累累。
New York Times

基本释意
adjective
composed of or containing bone
骨瘦如柴的;似骨的,骨制的;多骨的,多刺的

同义词
osseous,osteal,boney,cadaverous,emaciated,gaunt,haggard,pinched,skeletal,wasted

短释义
If you’re so skinny that your bones are prominent, your friends might call you bony and encourage you to eat more. Another way to use the adjective bony is to mean “like bone” or “containing bone.” Some animals have bony shells or protective plates — and you might not enjoy your fish dinner if it’s way too bony. Bony shares a root with bone, the Old English ban, “bone or tusk.”
骨瘦如柴的人非常瘦。你的猫年轻时可能很胖,随着年龄的增长而变得瘦骨嶙峋。

长释义
If you’re so skinny that your bones are prominent, your friends might call you bony and encourage you to eat more. Another way to use the adjective bony is to mean “like bone” or “containing bone.” Some animals have bony shells or protective plates — and you might not enjoy your fish dinner if it’s way too bony. Bony shares a root with bone, the Old English ban, “bone or tusk.”
如果你太瘦了,骨头很突出,你的朋友可能会说你骨瘦如柴,并鼓励你多吃点。使用形容词“bony”的另一种方式是表示“像骨头”或“含有骨头”。有些动物有骨质的外壳或保护板——如果骨头太多,你可能不会喜欢你的鱼晚餐。 Bony与bone同根,古英语禁令,“骨头或象牙”。

文学例句
Tall and bony, with hair the same chilly gray as her eyes, she hovered over the class like a vengeful spirit.
她身材高大,瘦骨嶙峋,头发和眼睛一样是冷灰色的,她像一个复仇的幽灵一样在班级上空盘旋。
The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros

There still wasn’t much light outside, so all I could see of him was his thin, bony silhouette upright in the bed.
外面的光线还不太亮,我只能看到他直立在床上瘦骨嶙峋的身影。
Missing May by Cynthia Rylant

When she waved us in, we saw that her hands were big and bony with huge knuckles.
当她招手让我们进去时,我们看到她的手又大又骨瘦如柴,指关节也很大。
Summer of the Mariposas by Guadalupe García McCall

词源
bony (adj.)”of, like, or full of bones,” late 14c., from bone (n.) + -y (2). Related: Boniness.Related entries & more

下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
骨性(形容词)“充满、类似或充满骨头”,14世纪末,源自骨(n.)+ -y(2)。相关:Boniness.相关条目及更多


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