单词 | backbone |
释义 | back·bone (băkbōn′) n. 1. The vertebrate spine or spinal column. 2. Something, such as the keel of a ship, that resembles a backbone. 3. The main support or major sustaining factor: the backbone of a thesis. 4. Strength of character; determination: displayed grit and backbone in facing adversity. 5. Geology a. A ridge forming the principal axis of a mountain. b. The principal mountain ridge, range, or system of a region. 6. Chemistry The main chain of atoms in a polymer. 7. Computers A high-speed communications line that connects smaller, local networks to each other, especially in a wide area network. backboned′ adj. |
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