vertebrae

英 ['vɜːtɪbreɪ] 美 ['vɜːrtɪbreɪ]

• n. [解]椎骨
• 名词vertebra的复数形式

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. A mouse has the same number of neck vertebrae as a giraffe does.
   老鼠和长颈鹿的颈椎骨数目相同。
2. My mother did everything she could to avoid the family curse, but she also suffered painful collapsed vertebrae.
   我的母亲尽其所能，希望避免这种家族的诅咒，但不幸的是，她也饱受椎骨疏松的痛楚。

词汇搭配

• caudal vertebrae 尾椎
• trunk vertebrae 躯椎
• arcus vertebrae 椎弓
• cervical vertebrae 颈椎
• thoracic vertebrae 胸椎
• corpus vertebrae 椎体
• sacral vertebrae 骶椎
• vertebrae mobiles 动性椎骨
• coccygeal vertebrae 尾椎