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单词 invertebrate
释义 in·vertebrate
I. \(ˈ)in, ən+\ noun
Etymology: New Latin Invertebrata
1. : an animal having no backbone or internal skeleton
 < in the lower invertebrates such as coelenterates — W.H.Dowdeswell >
2. : one that is weak or indecisive
 < its new dangers are the innocuous and the invertebrate — Sacheverell Sitwell >
II. adjective
Etymology: New Latin invertebratus, from Latin in- in- (I) + New Latin vertebratus vertebrate
1. : lacking a spinal column
 < invertebrate jellyfish >
2. : lacking in structure or vitality : disorganized, weak
 < his book is completely invertebrate, breaking sharply in the middle into two books — S.E.Hyman >
 < moves far beyond the often invertebrate lyricism … into a rhetoric that has intellectual iron — Mark Schorer >
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