spines

英 [spaɪnz]

美 [spaɪnz]

n.  脊柱; 脊椎; (植物的)刺; (动物的)刺毛; 书脊
spine的复数

柯林斯词典

• 脊椎;脊柱
  Yourspineis the row of bones down your back.
• 书脊
  Thespineof a book is the narrow stiff part which the pages and covers are attached to.
• (动物身体上的)棘状突起;(植物上的)棘，刺，针
  Spinesare also long, sharp points on an animal's body or on a plant.

双语例句

• A low tuberculate cactus with white feathery spines; northeastern Mexico.
  低矮的长有小球的仙人掌，有白色羽毛状的刺；墨西哥东北部。
• Small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas; a long dorsal fin consists entirely of spines.
  北部海洋浅水中细长的小鱼；完全由刺组成背鳍。
• A life of drudgery, of deformed spines, of chronic arthritis, of severed hands.
  生活只是苦力、脊柱变形、慢性关节炎和残断的双手。
• Tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines.
  热带海洋鱼，牙齿合并为喙，厚厚的皮肤上盖有骨盘或脊骨。
• Any of several fishes having rigid flattened spines.
  几种长有硬而平的脊骨鱼。
• This implies the spines drive sex for the first time and then they shrink or disappear.
  这意味着这种脊髓组织促使老鼠发生了初次性行为，并在初夜过后变少或消失。
• Occasional enlarged and rounded spines were also seen in control slices.
  偶尔在对照的脑片上可以看见增粗和圆形的树突棘。
• We seldom ate fish and then only those that had scales and spines.
  我们很少吃鱼，只吃过一些带鳞或长脊骨的鱼。
• Once their mission is achieved, the spines are no longer needed and so shrink or disappear.
  一旦这种脊髓组织的使命完成了，它们就不再被需要，因而也就减少或消失了。
• Small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines.
  东半球夜间活动的小型哺乳动物，身上既有毛又有保护性针刺。