n. 1.【解剖学】脊骨,脊柱。 2.【植物;植物学】针,刺。 3.【动物;动物学】棘状突起刺,壳针。 4.(书)背;(山)脊。 5.〔英方〕草地。 6.【地质学;地理学】火山栓,熔岩塔。 7.〔美国〕(由中心和支持因素转为)勇气,骨气,毅力。 8.〔美俚〕铁路上货车的平顶。 短语和例子 a man who lacks spine and starch 一个缺少骨气的人。
a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
the part of a book''s cover that encloses the inner side of the book''s pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved; "the title and author were printed on the spine of the book" 同义词:backbone