Bone這個英語單詞我們都不陌生,但是你知道它與其他詞語搭配可以形象地表達豐富的含義嗎?今天,我們就跟著應屆畢業生考試網小編的步伐,一起學一學那些含有“bone”這個詞的英語短語,看看它的.搭配都能表達哪些意思呢?
1. a bag of bones 骨瘦如柴的人
例句:If you don't eat more you'll soon be a bag of bones.
你要再不多吃些,真的要變得骨瘦如柴了。
2. be skin and bone 瘦得皮包骨;極瘦
例句:He was all skin and bone after his illness.
他病後瘦成了皮包骨。
3. be as dry as a bone 乾燥極了、口渴極了
例句:Let's stop for a drink. I'm as dry as a bone.
咱們停下來喝點什麼吧,我的嗓子幹得直冒煙。
4. be bone idle 懶到家了、懶到極點了
例句:The boy has a good enough brain but he's bone idle and won't study.
這個男孩腦子十分好,但就是懶惰成性,不肯學習。
5. close to the bone 近乎下流的、卑鄙的
例句: Some of his jokes were a bit close to the bone.
他的有些笑話近乎下流。
6. be chilled to the bone 凍僵了
例句:You will be chilled to the bone without your overcoat.
要是不穿大衣你會感到寒氣刺骨。
7. bone of contention 爭論的焦點
例句:The division of their father's property is their bone of contention.
8. feel in your bones 直覺地意識到,從內心(預)感到
例句:She felt in her bones that she would succeed.
她堅信自己能成功。
9. bone up 刻苦用功讀書
例句:I must bone up on my French before we go to Paris.
在我們去巴黎之前,我必須刻苦學習法語。
10. throw someone a bone 給某人東西,但並不合乎他的期望
例句:The company gave another man the promotion Bill expected. But they threw him a bone - they sent him out to head a branch office way off in Iowa. And that's a dead-end job nobody wanted.
他說:這家公司把Bill所向往的升遷機會給了別人,然而他們還是給了Bill一點恩賜,但是這並不合乎Bill的期望,他們派Bill去主持遠在依阿華州的分部辦公室。這是無人問津、一無發展前途的職位。