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vertebrae

/vur-tuh-bruh/US // ˈvɜr tə brə //UK // (ˈvɜːtɪbrə) //

椎体,椎骨,脊椎骨,椎體

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ver·te·brae [vur-tuh-bree, -brey], /ˈvɜr təˌbri, -ˌbreɪ/, ver·te·bras.Anatomy, Zoology.

    • : any of the bones or segments composing the spinal column, consisting typically of a cylindrical body and an arch with various processes, and forming a foramen, or opening, through which the spinal cord passes.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inbackbone
Synonyms
foundation基金会,基础,基础知识,础spine脊柱,脊梁骨,脊背,脊椎骨base基础,基地,基层,底层basis基础,基础知识,基础的,基础上support支持,支助,支撑,支持率vertebral column脊柱,椎体,椎柱,脊椎骨
as inspine
Synonyms
bone骨骼,骨头,骨质,骨back背面,背部,背,背后chine中国,中国人,瓷器rachis苣荬菜,苣苔,苣菜,苣荬菜的作用ridge山脊,山脉,脊柱,脊梁spinal column脊柱,脊椎骨,脊椎柱,脊椎vertebral column脊柱,椎体,椎柱,脊椎骨
as inspinal column
Synonyms
backbone骨干力量,骨干,主干,脊梁骨myel我的,吾尔族,吾尔族人rachis苣荬菜,苣苔,苣菜,苣荬菜的作用rhachis虹口区,虹膜,虹桥区,虹桥spine脊柱,脊梁骨,脊背,脊椎骨

Examples

  • Doctors around the world drive them into the vertebrae of patients with devastating back injuries.

  • The lump, it turned out, was the result of a dislocated vertebrae.

  • You see, the spine is a row of vertebrae that was designed to be horizontal.

  • They reportedly got back together a few months later after Soffer injured his vertebrae in a helicopter crash.

  • We were just sort of misbehaving; they were the tissue between vertebrae—where the rubber meets the road.

  • These two aptitudes, simple though they be, characterize man better than the number of his vertebrae and his molars.

  • A rotten rope was found loosely knotted round the vertebrae of his neck.

  • The loaded pack basket on a heavy carry never fails to get in on the most vulnerable knob of the human vertebrae.

  • He found the same variability in the number of the caudal vertebrae.

  • The crocodiles of this old time had vertebrae with a hollow at each end like the fishes, or with a projection in the front.

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