of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton;
"the skeletal system"
"skeletal bones"
"skeletal muscles"
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold;
"emaciated bony hands"
"a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"
"eyes were haggard and cavernous"
"small pinched faces"
"kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"
skeletal的用法和样例:
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用作形容词 (adj.)
These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body. 这些食物补充身体骨骼的需要。
He has written only a skeletal plot for the book so far. 那本书他目前只写了一个情节梗概。