skeleton crew

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌskɛlɪtn ˈkɹuː/    美 /ˌskɛlətən ˈkɹu/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A crew consisting of the minimum number of personnel needed to maintain and operate the basic functions of something, such as a business, a factory, or a ship. idiomatic
    — [T]he ships of the English navy were left with skeleton crews of the most wretched kind and description.

词形变化

skeleton crews plural

词源

From skeleton (“(military) small number of soldiers in a regiment far short of its full strength; (especially attributive) bare essentials, minimum”) + crew, metaphorically referring to a crew being bare bones rather than adequately fleshed out.
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