【vertebra音标】 英[ˈvɜːtɪbrə] 美[ˈvɜːrtɪbrə]
【单词释义】 vertebra是什么意思：
n. 椎骨; 脊椎
[单词分级] 商务/生活英语词汇
[单词复数] vertebrae,vertebras
【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。”