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skeleton in closet

/skel-i-tn/US // ˈskɛl ɪ tn //UK // (ˈskɛlɪtən) //

衣橱里的骷髅,衣柜里的骷髅,壁橱里的骷髅,橱柜里的骷髅

Related Words

frame框架,框框,框,帧scaffolding脚手架,棚架,鹰架sketch简图,素描,草图,简述outline纲要,概要,纲举目张,概述support支持,支助,支撑,支持率framework框架,架构,架子draft稿件,征求意见稿,稿子,拟稿design设计,设计方案,设计图,设计图象cage笼子,笼子里,牢笼,笼子里的osteology骨学,骨骼学,骨质学,骨科bones骨骼,骨头,骨骼的,骼骼

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Anatomy, Zoology. the bones of a human or an animal considered as a whole, together forming the framework of the body.
    • : any of various structures forming a rigid framework in an invertebrate.
    • : an emaciated person or animal.
    • : a supporting framework, as of a leaf, building, or ship.
    • : an outline, as of a literary work: the skeleton of the plot.
    • : something reduced to its essential parts.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to a skeleton.
    • : like or being a mere framework; reduced to the essential or minimal parts or numbers: a skeleton staff.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inscandal
Synonyms
crime犯罪,罪行,犯罪行为,罪案rumor谣言,谣传,传闻,流言wrongdoing违法行为,错误行为,错失行为,错案aspersion诽谤,诋毁,讽刺,诽谤罪calumny谰言,谗言,诽谤,谰调defamation诽谤,诋毁,诽谤罪,诋毁行为depreciation贬值,折旧,折旧费,摊销detraction缩减,迂回,缩水,缩减量discredit诋毁,抹黑,诋毁名誉,诋毁他人disgrace耻辱,羞辱,侮蔑,耻辱感dishonor辱骂,不名誉,侮辱,不光彩的事disparagement贬低,贬损,诋毁,鄙视disrepute不名誉,声名狼藉,不光彩的事,不光彩的事情dynamite炸药,爆破,炸弹gossip流言蜚语,闲聊,八卦,说话hearsay道听途说,传闻,流言蜚语,传言ignominy耻辱,无名氏,羞辱,无耻infamy臭名昭著,恶名昭彰,声名狼藉,恶名mud泥巴,泥浆,泥土,泥泞obloquy厌恶,辱骂,厌烦,厌恶感opprobrium辱骂,辱骂声,谴责,丑闻reproach责备,责难,责备声,责怪scorcher灼烧者,炙烤者,灼热者,炙热的人shame耻辱,羞愧,羞辱,羞愧难当sin罪,罪恶,罪过,罪孽slander诽谤,诋毁,毁谤,谗言tale故事,岈,岈语talk说话,谈话,谈,谈论turpitude腐败行为,违纪行为,腐败,违纪backbiting背信弃义,背叛,恃强凌弱,背叛行为backstabbing背后捅刀子,背信弃义,背后捅娄子,背叛belittlement贬低,轻视,贬损,贬低他人dirty linen肮脏的床单,肮脏的亚麻布,肮脏的麻布,龌龊的亚麻布eavesdropping窃听,偷听,窃听行为,监听idle rumor闲言碎语,闲言闲语,闲聊,闲话
as inskeleton in the closet
Synonyms
disgrace耻辱,羞辱,侮蔑,耻辱感misconduct不当行为,行为不端,失当行为,不良行为scandal丑闻,丑事,丑行,诽谤secret秘密,秘密的,隐秘,秘书shocker震惊,震撼,震惊者,令人震惊sin罪,罪恶,罪过,罪孽skeleton in the cupboard橱柜里的骷髅,橱柜里的骨架,橱柜中的骷髅,橱柜里的骷髅头unmentionable thing不可告人的事,不可告人的事情,不可告人的东西,不可告人的秘密wrongdoing违法行为,错误行为,错失行为,错案

Examples

  • Once the system had these data, it could track that person’s skeleton.

  • When his team examined the fossilized embryos, they noticed egg-shaped halos around the skeletons.

  • It’s all based on coral — small marine animals that build themselves stony skeletons, often on top of older corals.

  • That light — including its blue wavelengths — can enter and bounce around inside the corals’ skeleton.

  • As they crawl over the reef, the starfish liquefy polyps with digestive enzymes, sponging up the nutrients and leaving behind a coral skeleton.

  • That meant the talent that DJ Brinsely hired that night performed for a skeleton audience.

  • The identity of the skeleton remains the big question, and answers may not be forthcoming anytime soon.

  • Enriqueta Romero put a skeleton on the sidewalk, and helped give us Santa Muerte.

  • Day of the Dead parades follow a cross-cultural flow, embellishing Halloween stylizations of the dancing skeleton.

  • Posada used the skeleton as a way of talking about politics, commenting on life.

  • The sun was printing over the floor the shadow skeleton of the juniper-tree by the westerly window.

  • The mutilated skeleton of a girl was found, which had apparently been in that place for considerably over a hundred years.

  • A well preserved natural skeleton of this animal was brought home and deposited in the British Museum.

  • The veriest tyro in natural history would see that at the first glance of the massive skeleton.

  • The chestnuts are stripped bare already and lift their black skeleton arms in the air.

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