Skip to main content
EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

skeleton in the cupboard

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

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

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 inshame
Synonyms
confusion混乱,迷惑,混乱局面,困惑contempt蔑视,藐视,鄙视,藐视法庭guilt愧疚,内疚,疚感,内疚感humiliation羞辱,耻辱,侮辱,屈辱irritation刺激性,刺激,刺激性的,恼怒remorse悔恨,忏悔,悔意,懊悔scandal丑闻,丑事,丑行,诽谤stigma耻辱,污名,耻辱感,羞辱abashment贬损,抛弃,贬值,贬低blot污点,污渍,污痕,污污点chagrin懊恼,懊悔,懊丧,懊恼的是compunction强迫症,强迫性,强迫性行为,强迫症状contrition忏悔,悔恨,悔过,悔改degradation退化,降解,降级,降落derision嘲笑,嘲笑声,嘲笑的话,嘲弄discomposure处置,破坏性,破坏性的,破坏力discredit诋毁,抹黑,诋毁名誉,诋毁他人disesteem不自尊,自卑感,不自尊心,不尊dishonor辱骂,不名誉,侮辱,不光彩的事disrepute不名誉,声名狼藉,不光彩的事,不光彩的事情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mortification屈辱,屈辱感,堕落,屈辱的代价obloquy厌恶,辱骂,厌烦,厌恶感odium汇编,纲要,纲目,铟opprobrium辱骂,辱骂声,谴责,丑闻pang悸动,悸動,悸动的,悸动的心reproach责备,责难,责备声,责怪self-disgust自我厌恶,自厌恶,自厌,自我厌恶感self-reproach自责,自怨自艾,自悔,自重self-reproof自我保护,自我防卫,自防,自我防备shamefacedness羞愧的脸,羞愧难当,羞愧的面孔,羞愧的表情smear涂抹,涂片,敷衍了事,抹黑stupefaction惊愕,昏厥,昏昏沉沉,昏迷treachery背信弃义,奸诈,奸诈行为,诡诈bad conscience坏良心,坏的良心,恶毒的良心,恶习ill repute恶名昭彰,恶名,声名狼藉,口碑不佳loss of face丢脸,面目全非,脸面丧失,脸面扫地pudency尊严,大胆的,大胆,尊严问题
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.

Level 9Browse all words →