hueso-1
bone.
The large stores of inscription on bones or tortoise shells of the Yin and Shang dynasties unearthed by paleontologists are the seeds of the earliest ancient Chinese archives.
blanco hueso
off-white
This is a hard-boiled oyster egg, painted with off-white polka dots.
calado hasta los huesos
drenched to the skin
soaked to the skin
wringing wet
soaking wet
wet through to the skin
dripping wet
A large party braved the elements on foot, and when they reached the summit they were drenched to the skin.
Soaked to the skin in the pelting rain of a tropical storm, they said that guarding the tomb was the highest honor that can be afforded to a serviceperson.
The water washes in over the sides of the raft and from the waist down you will be wringing wet.
NASA scientists say the Mars rovers have found what they were looking for - hard evidence that the red planet was once soaking wet.
It rained all the way and we arrived about 12.45, wet through to the skin.
Sweating is a natural thing but just because it's natural doesn't mean you need to always be dripping wet.
cáncer de los huesos
bone cancer
Children and young people are more likely than adults to have bone cancer.
carne + desprenderse del hueso
meat + fall off + the bone
Ham hocks should simmer for a couple of hours until the meat is ready to fall off the bone; then cut into bite or serving size pieces.
color hueso
off-white
This is a hard-boiled oyster egg, painted with off-white polka dots.
con muchos huesos y poca carne
bony [bonier -comp., boniest -sup.]
I think bony chickens are really just used for making stock.
cortar llegando al hueso
cut to + the bone
He was cut to the bone after a skate fell off a hook above his locker and landed on his right wrist.
de carne y hueso
flesh-and-blood
It is in this way that students gain experience by proxy and get a feel for handling problems in the flesh-and-blood world.
empapado hasta los huesos
drenched to the skin
soaked to the skin
wringing wet
wet through to the skin
dripping wet
A large party braved the elements on foot, and when they reached the summit they were drenched to the skin.
Soaked to the skin in the pelting rain of a tropical storm, they said that guarding the tomb was the highest honor that can be afforded to a serviceperson.
The water washes in over the sides of the raft and from the waist down you will be wringing wet.
It rained all the way and we arrived about 12.45, wet through to the skin.
Sweating is a natural thing but just because it's natural doesn't mean you need to always be dripping wet.
en carne y hueso
in the flesh
Although we have never seen Palaeolithic humans in the flesh, we recognize them immediately in illustrations, art, cartoons, and museum displays.
estar calado hasta los huesos
be wet through (and through)
Hair that is wet through and through cuts like butter, a good razor blade will cut through it smoothly and effortlessly.
fractura de hueso
broken bone
Accidents in stairwells can happen to anyone and can result in serious injuries such as head trauma, neck and spine injuries, broken bones, and in some cases, death = Los accidentes en escaleras le pueden pasar a cualquiera y llevar a lesiones graves tales como traumatismo craneoencefálico, lesiones en el cuello y en la columna vertebral, fracturas de huesos, y en algunos casos, la muerte.
helado hasta la médula de los huesos
frozen to the bone
frozen to the marrow (of the bones)
chilled to the bone
chilled to the marrow (of the bones)
I will never forget the biting cold on our cheeks; our feet and hands frozen to the bone.
Finally, when the two workers, frozen to the marrow, emerged from beneath the water, they were stunned to hear the spectators burst into side-splitting laughter.
The immediate effect on Dudley was obvious: he was throwing up and chilled to the bone.
And the rest of us, more robust, kept struggling on, chilled to the marrow, advancing by a kind of inertia through the night, through the snow.
hueso calcáneo
heel bone
calcaneus
A bone spur, sometimes called a heel spur, can form where the connective tissue (fascia) connects to your heel bone (calcaneus).
A bone spur, sometimes called a heel spur, can form where the connective tissue (fascia) connects to your heel bone (calcaneus).
hueso de la cadera
hipbone
Male physiology shows that there exists far less fatty tissue covering hipbone than on females.
hueso de la risa [Hueso del codo que cuando se golpea accidentalmente produce una especie de risa dolorosa]
funny bone
This type of comedy appears to hit the British funny bone harder than most by depicting the exquisite pleasures of embarrassment.
hueso del talón
heel bone
A bone spur, sometimes called a heel spur, can form where the connective tissue (fascia) connects to your heel bone (calcaneus).
hueso duro
tough nut
tough cookie
Getting a car loan has never been a tough nut for the residents of UK.
Tough cookies usually get what they want because they refuse to compromise or give up.
hueso duro de roer
uphill struggle
tough nut to crack
hard nut to crack
While I have received rave reviews for these courses I teach, I have an uphill struggle to fill them.
Sudan's oil sector proves a hard nut to crack.
Realizing that the UK market was a very hard nut to crack he moved to Switzerland which was a safer bet but it also took him time.
hueso hioides
hyoid bone
The primary function of the hyoid bone is to serve as an anchoring structure for the tongue.
hueso metatarsiano
metatarsal
This time it's a hairline fracture rather than a fully blown break of a metatarsal, however the result is the same.
hueso roto
broken bone
Accidents in stairwells can happen to anyone and can result in serious injuries such as head trauma, neck and spine injuries, broken bones, and in some cases, death = Los accidentes en escaleras le pueden pasar a cualquiera y llevar a lesiones graves tales como traumatismo craneoencefálico, lesiones en el cuello y en la columna vertebral, fracturas de huesos, y en algunos casos, la muerte.
hueso temporal
temporal bone
The results show that only eight per cent of routine post mortems have temporal bones removed.
lleno de huesos
bony [bonier -comp., boniest -sup.]
I think bony chickens are really just used for making stock.
quitar el hueso
bone
de-bone
By boning the meat, you avoid cutting the bones, so there is no bone residue to affect the meat's flavor.
Carving a turkey is a lot of work, but de-boning it first can make things easier.
salud de los huesos
bone health
The author examines the relationship between tea consumption and oral health, bone health, thermogenesis, cognitive function, and kidney stones.
ser un saco de huesos
be a bag of bones
Would you prefer to be a bag of bones to look at or a bit overweight?.
sin hueso
boneless
Chump chops are reckoned to be the finest cuts of lamb, boneless and tender they are the perfect chop.
