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

• 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。
• 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。
• Puffers having rigid or erectile spines.
  长有硬而直立的脊骨的河豚。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Brightly colored coral-reef fish with knifelike spines at the tail.
  颜色鲜明的热带珊瑚礁鱼，鱼尾部有如刀一样的刺颜色鲜明的热带海鱼。
• 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。
• 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。
• Trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes.
  眼睛上面有角状脊骨的箱。