invertebrate
英 [?n'v??t?br?t]
美 [?n'v?t?bret]
- 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(工具格后綴：instrumental suffix).
2、字面含義：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(xué)
- 2. They disliked him only because he was invertebrate.
- 他們不喜歡他就是認(rèn)為他意志較弱.
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(lián)網(wǎng)
- 4. Worms are an example of invertebrate animals.
- 蠕蟲是無脊椎動物的一個例子.
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- 5. Cropland surface soil invertebrate living in it is considered as a special ecosystem in cropland - soil system.
- 農(nóng)田表土層及其生活在其中的土壤動物被認(rèn)為是農(nóng)田土壤生態(tài)系統(tǒng)中一類特殊的生態(tài)系統(tǒng).
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