| 釋義 |
spine /spam; spam/ n 1 backbone. 脊椎骨。 → the illus at skeleton. 參看 skeleton 之插圖。 2 one of the sharp needle-like parts on some plants, eg a cactus, and animals, eg a porcupine. (植物如仙人掌，動物如豪豬等的) 棘狀突起; 刺; 針。 3 part of a book's cover that is visible when it is in a row on a shelf, usu with the book's title on it. 書背; 書脊。 ~less adj having no ~ (1); (fig) cowardly; timid. 無脊椎骨的; (喻) 怯懦的; 優(yōu)柔寡斷的。 spiny adj (-ier, -iest) having ~s (2). 有牌狀突起的; 多針的; 多刺的。 |