【spine音标】 英[spaɪn] 美[spaɪn]
【单词释义】 spine是什么意思：
n.脊柱；脊椎；（动植物的）刺；书脊；中心力量，中流砥柱（地质）火山栓，熔岩塔
[单词分级] 英语六级/考研词汇
[单词复数] spines
【关联词/派生词】
spineless adj.没有骨气的；无脊椎的；懦弱的
spinal adj.脊的；脊柱的；脊髓的 n.[医]脊髓麻醉
【spine形近词/近似词】
supine adj.仰卧的；消极的；懒散的；得过且过的，苟安的
opine vt.认为，以为；表达，表示意见
repine v. 抱怨；埋怨；不满
vulpine adj.狐狸的，狐狸似的，狡猾的
porcupine n.豪猪，箭猪
【单词例句】
◇ "There are a few different things going on here," Dr. Angela Catic, a geriatrician and associate professor in the Huffington Center on Aging at Baylor College of Medicine, tells Yahoo Life. One, she says, is that the discs between the vertebrae in your spine lose fluid as you get older. "They become dehydrated and, with that, they lose height — and you lose a bit of height," she says.
美国贝勒医学院赫芬顿衰老研究中心的老年病学专家、副教授安吉拉·卡蒂克博士告诉雅虎生活频道：“有几种不同情况。”一种情况是，年纪大了以后，脊柱椎间盘所含的液体会减少。她指出：“脊柱椎间盘脱水后会变短，从而让你变矮。”