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spine

英[spaɪn] 美[spaɪn]
  • n. 脊柱,脊椎;刺;书脊

英英释意


1. the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord;
"the fall broke his back"
2. any pointed projection
3. a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
4. a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin