vertebra
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 脊椎，椎骨
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 借自 ←拉丁语 vertebra
原始词根
原始印欧语 *wert-
词源说明
Borrowing from Latin vertebra (“a joint”), from vertō (“to turn”) + -bra (instrumental nominal suffix). Having multiple vertebrae (plural of vertebra) in one's backbone instead of having a single bone or solid spine, allows for the movement of the body with bends and turns. Hence meaning 1.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (anatomy) Any of the bony or cartilaginous segments which make up the backbone, consisting in some lower vertebrates of several distinct elements which never become united