costa

英 [ˌkɒstə]

美 [ˈkɔstə]

n.  肋，缘，中脉，前缘脉

复数：costas　

医学

BNC.8150

英英释义

noun

• any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)
  Synonym:rib
• a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing)

双语例句

• But biologist Erli Costa of Rio de Janeiro's Federal University suggested weather patterns could be involved.
  然而，里约热内卢联邦大学的生物学家科斯塔指出，原因很可能同天气模式有关。
• They include Chile, Costa Rica and Panama.
  其中包括智利、哥斯达黎加和巴拿马。
• Argentina and Costa Rica too are considering giving legal recognition to same-sex unions.
  阿根廷和哥斯达黎加同样也在考虑对同性联盟予以法律上的承认。
• In Costa Rica and Japan, seaweed farming has been re-established to produce energy.
  哥斯达黎加和日本已经重新恢复了海藻养殖用于能源生产。
• Costa Rica has no military and maintains only domestic police and security forces for internal security.
  格斯达里加没有军事和维护唯一国内警察和安全部队为内部安全。
• Similar projects have been successful in the United States and Costa Rica.
  在美国和哥斯达黎加实施的类似项目也已取得成功。
• I think he sees James Costa as unfinished business.
  我认为他把詹姆斯康斯塔当成他未完成的行动。
• But Mr Costa's view has its problems too.
  但科斯塔的观点也有它的问题。
• He has also done the same for poor people living in Jamaica, Costa Rica and Los Angeles.
  他还曾为牙买加、哥斯达黎加和洛杉矶的穷人们理过发。
• The day we signed Rui Costa.
  那一天我们签入了鲁伊.科斯塔。