spine /ˈspaɪn/
 背骨,脊柱,尖刺


 spine /ˈspaɪn/ 名詞
 棘,突刺,脊柱,馬蹄,突,刺,殼針


 Spine n.
 1. Bot. A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.
 2. Zool. (a) A rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal. (b) One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish.
 3. Anat. The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae.
 4. Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.

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 spine
      n 1: the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and
           protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"
           [syn: spinal column, vertebral column, backbone, back,
            rachis]
      2: any pointed projection [syn: spur]
      3: a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf [syn: thorn, prickle,
          pricker, sticker]
      4: a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine
         quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin