spine
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++spine /spaɪn/ ●●○ noun 1. 
HBH[countable] the row of bones down the centre of your back that supports your body and protects your spinal cord 脊柱，脊椎 SYN backbone, → spinal →5 see picture at 见图 skeleton2 HB[countable] a stiff sharp point on an animal or plant 〔动植物的〕刺，刺毛 → spiny cactus spines 仙人掌的刺3. TCN[countable] the part of a book that the pages are fastened onto 书脊4. [uncountable] courage or determination 勇气；骨气；决心
HBH[countable] the row of bones down the centre of your back that supports your body and protects your spinal cord 脊柱，脊椎 SYN backbone, → spinal →5 see picture at 见图 skeleton2 HB[countable] a stiff sharp point on an animal or plant 〔动植物的〕刺，刺毛 → spiny cactus spines 仙人掌的刺3. TCN[countable] the part of a book that the pages are fastened onto 书脊4. [uncountable] courage or determination 勇气；骨气；决心Examples from the Corpus
spine• Plain radiographs of the cervical spine in flexion and extension will allow recognition of atlantoaxial subluxation and subaxial subluxation.• Her spine twisted; in her dreams she twisted, turning toward that clearing again, again.• For months he had hung between life and death, with a bullet in his spine.• Now he was scheduled to undergo a second surgery the next day to repair nerve and disc damage in his spine.• It could be toxoplasmosis spreading through his spine.• Hedgehogs' backs are covered with stiff, sharp spines.• Hold that stretch, pulling and elongating the spine from the very base out of the hips, chin to chest.• The posture puts an unnatural stress on the spine and shortens the neck.Origin spine (1300-1400) Latin spinaspine nounChinese
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spine
spine /spaɪn/
noun
1. [countable] the row of bones down the centre of your back that supports your body and protects your spinal cord
SYN backbone ⇨ spinal
2. [countable] a stiff sharp point on an animal or plant ⇨ spiny:
cactus spines
3. [countable] the part of a book that the pages are fastened onto
4. [uncountable] courage or determination
spine /spaɪn/
noun Date: 1300-1400
Language: Latin
Origin: spina
Language: Latin
Origin: spina
1. [countable] the row of bones down the centre of your back that supports your body and protects your spinal cord
SYN backbone ⇨ spinal
2. [countable] a stiff sharp point on an animal or plant ⇨ spiny:
3. [countable] the part of a book that the pages are fastened onto
4. [uncountable] courage or determination
