backbone
英 ['bækbəʊn]
美['bæk'bon]
- n. 支柱；主干网；决心，毅力；脊椎
英英释意
- 1. a central cohesive source of support and stability;
- "faith is his anchor"
- "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"
- "he is the linchpin of this firm"
- 2. fortitude and determination;
- "he didn't have the guts to try it"
- 3. the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord;
- "the fall broke his back"
- 4. the part of a network that connects other networks together;
- "the backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic"
双语例句
- 1. Petty officers are the backbone of a navy.
- 军士是海军的骨干。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Agriculture forms the backbone of the rural economy.
- 农业是农村经济的基础。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. The wounded soldiers showed much backbone before the enemy.
- 受伤的士兵在敌人面前表现出了威武不屈的精神.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Agriculture used to be the economic backbone of this country.
- 农业曾是这个国家的经济支柱.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Standing up to bullies takes plenty of backbone.
- 勇敢地对付暴徒需有大无畏精神.
来自《简明英汉词典》