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

• 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 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。
• Small smooth-skinned sharks lacking spines on dorsal fins.
  背鳍上无刺表皮光滑的小型鲨鱼。
• Puffers having rigid or erectile spines.
  长有硬而直立的脊骨的河豚。
• Marine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spines.
  尖细身体的海生鱼，有盔甲头和毒刺。
• 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。
• Genus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike spines and nocturnal flowers usually white.
  一个多分枝树状或灌木般的仙人掌属，有显著的棱，棱上有圆形针状刺，夜间开花，常为白色。
• Very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leaves.
  非常大的有密集分叉的南非的灌木，有叉状的明亮绿色的刺和闪亮的树叶。
• The research team then used microscopic techniques to visualize the spines on nerve cells within the prefrontal cortex.
  接着研究人员采用显微技术对前额皮质内神经细胞的棘状突起进行可视化检测。