boneless

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Without bones, especially as pertaining to meat or poultry prepared for eating.
    — Near-synonyms: boned, deboned
  2. Without pizza crust; without pizza bones. US,humorous
  3. Lacking strength, courage, or resolve. UK,figuratively
    — I'm scared, I'm just boneless with fright.
  4. Of a couch, cushionlike due to lacking a hard internal frame. informal

词形变化

more boneless comparative most boneless superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
boneless lean beef trimmings bonelessly bonelessness semiboneless

词源

From Middle English bonles, banles, from Old English bānlēas (“boneless”), from Proto-Germanic *bainalausaz, equivalent to bone + -less. Cognate with Scots baneless (“boneless”), Dutch beenloos (“boneless; legless”), German beinlos (“legless”), Swedish benlös (“boneless”), Icelandic beinlaus (“boneless”).
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