invertebrate
英 [ɪn'vɜːtɪbrət]
美 [ɪn'vɝtɪbret]
- adj. 無脊椎的；無骨氣的
- n. 無脊椎動物；無骨氣的人
助記提示
1、vertere => verte- + -bra(工具格後綴：instrumental suffix).
2、字麵含義：something to turn on. => any bone of the spinal column, joint or articulation of the body, joint of the spine.
3、vertebra => vertebr- / vertebro-: vertebra.
4、in- "not" + vertebr- + -ate.
中文詞源
invertebrate 無脊椎動物in-,不，非，vertebrate,脊椎動物。
英文詞源
- invertebrate (n.)
- 1826, from Latin in- "not" (see in- (1)) + vertebra "joint" (see vertebra). Invertebrata as a biological classification was coined 1805 by French naturalist Georges Léopole Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, Baron Cuvier (1769-1832). As an adjective by 1838.
雙語例句
- 1. 'A spanner,'said Mrs Parsons , immediately becoming invertebrate.
- “ 扳手, ”帕森斯太太一下子軟了下來.
來自英漢文學
- 2. They disliked him only because he was invertebrate.
- 他們不喜歡他就是認為他意誌較弱.
來自辭典例句
- 3. Half of all invertebrate species live in tropical rain forests.
- 一半的無脊椎動物物種生活在熱帶雨林中.
來自互聯網
- 4. Worms are an example of invertebrate animals.
- 蠕蟲是無脊椎動物的一個例子.
來自互聯網
- 5. Cropland surface soil invertebrate living in it is considered as a special ecosystem in cropland - soil system.
- 農田表土層及其生活在其中的土壤動物被認為是農田土壤生態係統中一類特殊的生態係統.
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