bone
bone — noun
1. a hard piece inside a person or animal that helps support the body and protect o
a hard piece inside a person or animal that helps support the body and protect organs.
The doctor showed Noor the broken bone in her wrist.
collocation: broken bone
After the fall, Ravi could not put weight on his ankle bone.
bone in + body part
Near the entrance, a huge dinosaur bone hung above visitors.
In the X-ray, one bone in Hana's foot looked out of place.
Cats need calcium to keep their bones strong.
文法句型
broken bone
bone in + body part
strong bones
用法筆記
Often used with body-part words such as arm, hip, leg, and ankle, especially when talking about injury or growth. Distinguish from sense 2, which is a bone left in food.
常見錯誤
2. a hard piece inside meat or fish that stays there when you cook it or eat it.
a hard piece inside meat or fish that stays there when you cook it or eat it.
Priya set the fish bone aside before giving the soup to Leo.
collocation: fish bone
That chop still has a small bone near the middle.
bone in + piece of meat
Grandma boiled beef bones all afternoon for a rich soup.
Yusuf picked the last bone from the chicken before serving the children.
Under the kitchen table, the dog chewed a lamb bone happily.
- fish bone
used only for fish
- bone fragment
suggests a small broken piece
- gristle
not the same thing; it is tough cartilage, not bone
文法句型
fish bone
bone in + meat
boil bones for soup
用法筆記
Common with fish, chicken, lamb, and beef in cooking or eating contexts. Unlike sense 1, this sense is about a bone as part of food on the table.
常見錯誤
3. a hand-played rhythm instrument made from two slim pieces that click against eac
a hand-played rhythm instrument made from two slim pieces that click against each other.
At the folk concert, Ines played the bones beside the fiddle.
pattern: play the bones
Between two fingers, Bao clicked the bones in time with the drum.
click the bones
The music shop sold a plastic pair of bones for beginners.
During rehearsal, the dancer kept the bones ready in one hand.
文法句型
play the bones
click the bones
a pair of bones
用法筆記
Usually appears as the bones in folk-music contexts and often names the pair as one instrument. Distinguish from sense 1, the body part inside a person or animal.
bone — verb
1. to take the hard pieces out of meat or fish before it is cooked or served.
to take the hard pieces out of meat or fish before it is cooked or served.
The chef boned the trout before stuffing it with lemon slices.
bone + fish before cooking
Nadia boned the chicken on a wooden board after washing it.
bone + chicken
Please bone the sardines carefully, because the children are waiting.
At the market, Omar asked the seller to bone the rabbit.
文法句型
bone + fish/meat
bone + object + before cooking
用法筆記
Object is usually a fish, a bird, or a cut of meat prepared for eating. More common in recipe, butcher, and market language than in ordinary daily talk.
常見錯誤
2. a very rude slang verb for having sex with someone.
a very rude slang verb for having sex with someone.
In the film, a drunk soldier bragged that he had boned a waitress.
very rude slang in reported speech
At the bar, one man asked whether Luca had boned the singer.
bone + someone
The gossip site hinted that the two actors had boned after rehearsal.
The comic apologized after joking that he wanted to bone his neighbor.
- have sex with
neutral description without the rude tone
- sleep with
common and less direct
- hook up with
informal and broader; it does not always mean sex
文法句型
bone + someone
have boned + someone
have boned (intransitive)
用法筆記
Very rude slang; avoid it in neutral, polite, or professional contexts. It can take a human object or appear without one when the other person is already understood.