spina

/spahy-nuh/US // ˈspaɪ nə //

脊柱,斯皮纳,脊柱炎,脊柱骨

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural spi·nae [spahy-nee]. /ˈspaɪ ni/. Anatomy, Zoology.
- : a spine or spinelike projection.

The course was divided down the centre by a low wall, called the spina, which was adorned with various sculptures.
At the age of twenty-two, Ancilla turned a dancer and Spina became a singer.
Along the transverse axis ran a fence (spina) separating the return course from the starting one.
The sentence is very obscure, but the allusion must be to the dolphins, the figures of which were placed upon the spina.
It seems that in a corresponding place near the other end of the spina figures of dolphins were used for the same purpose.