skeleton

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT Your skeleton is the framework of bones in your body. 骨骼
...a human skeleton. …人体骨骼。
2. ADJ A skeleton staff is the smallest number of staff necessary in order to run an organization or service. 最起码的 (员工)[ADJ n]
Only a skeleton staff remains to show anyone interested around the site. 只有极少数的员工留下来带领感兴趣的人参观场地。
3. N-COUNT The skeleton of something such as a building or a plan is its basic framework. (楼房或计划的) 构架; 框架
The town of Rudbar had ceased to exist, with only skeletons of buildings remaining. 鲁德巴尔城已不存在，只剩一些建筑骨架。

The discovery of the dinosaur skeleton has cast light on why they became extinct .
They used carbon dating tests to authenticate the claim that the skeleton was 2 million years old .
We went to see the dinosaur skeletons in the Natural History Museum.
They found a human skeleton under the building's foundations .
He was so thin that you could see his skeleton through his skin .