bone

bone — 名詞

1. a hard piece inside a person or animal that helps support the body and protect o

1.名詞B1
釋義

骨頭;骨骼

人或動物體內的硬骨

a hard piece inside a person or animal that helps support the body and protect organs.

例句

The doctor showed Noor the broken bone in her wrist.

醫生指給 Noor 看她手腕那根斷掉的骨頭。

collocation: broken bone

After the fall, Ravi could not put weight on his ankle bone.

摔倒後,Ravi 的腳踝骨一度無法承受重量。

bone in + body part

同義詞
  • skeleton

    means the whole set of bones together, not one piece

  • rib

    one specific curved bone in the chest

  • skull

    the bony part of the head

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

I hurt the bone of my leg.
I hurt a bone in my leg.
💡English usually says 'a bone in' a body part, not 'the bone of' it.

2. a hard piece inside meat or fish that stays there when you cook it or eat it.

2.名詞B1
釋義

骨頭;魚刺

肉或魚裡可挑出的骨

a hard piece inside meat or fish that stays there when you cook it or eat it.

例句

Priya set the fish bone aside before giving the soup to Leo.

Priya 把魚刺挑到一旁,才把湯端給 Leo。

collocation: fish bone

That chop still has a small bone near the middle.

那塊排骨中間還有一小塊骨頭。

bone in + piece of meat

同義詞

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

Be careful of fishbone.
Be careful of the fish bone.
💡the singular countable noun normally needs a determiner.

3. a hand-played rhythm instrument made from two slim pieces that click against eac

3.名詞
釋義

骨響板

兩片相擊的打擊樂器

a hand-played rhythm instrument made from two slim pieces that click against each other.

例句

At the folk concert, Ines played the bones beside the fiddle.

在那場民謠音樂會上,Ines 在提琴旁演奏骨響板。

pattern: play the bones

Between two fingers, Bao clicked the bones in time with the drum.

Bao 夾著兩指,讓骨響板跟著鼓聲打拍子。

click the bones

同義詞
  • clappers

    a broader name for hand-held clicking instruments

  • castanets

    similar in rhythm use, but shaped and played differently

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 — 動詞