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

• Its skin varies from yellow to dark pinkish red and is covered in soft spines.
  果皮有黄色和桃红色，覆盖有柔软的毛刺。
• Large yellow American moth having a large eyelike spot on each hind wing; the larvae have stinging spines.
  黄色的美洲大蚕蛾，每只后翅上有象大眼睛一样的斑点；幼虫有刺样的脊骨。
• Any of several fishes having rigid flattened spines.
  几种长有硬而平的脊骨鱼。
• 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。
• Small smooth-skinned sharks lacking spines on dorsal fins.
  背鳍上无刺表皮光滑的小型鲨鱼。
• 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。
• 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。
• Small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines.
  东半球夜间活动的小型哺乳动物，身上既有毛又有保护性针刺。
• 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。