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invertebrate n.无脊椎动物adj.无脊椎的 (1) 昆虫和蠕虫都是无脊椎动物。(2) 一半的无脊椎动物物种生活在热带雨林中。 Your backbone allows you to stand up straight, and it also allows you to be grouped with the other vertebrates: animals with backbones. Invertebrates are the opposite: they have no backbone. These are the two major groups of animals. Also, this word is used for people who are spineless in the sense of having no courage. You could say a coward acts in an invertebrate way. Whether it's a backbone-free animal or a courage-free person, all invertebrates lack spines.

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英 [ɪn'vɜːtɪbrət] 美 [ɪn'vɜːrtɪbrət] (1) Insects and worms are all invertebrates.(2) Half of all invertebrate species live in tropical rain forests. An invertebrate is an animal without a backbone. Invertebrate animals include fruit flies and sea sponges. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]无脊椎动物 An invertebrate is a creature that does not have a spine, for example an insect, a worm, or an octopus.   [TECHNICAL 术语]Invertebrate is also an adjective....invertebrate creatures.无脊椎动物

英语单词	invertebrate
英美音标	英 [ɪn'vɜːtɪbrət] 美 [ɪn'vɜːrtɪbrət]
中文释义	n.无脊椎动物 adj.无脊椎的
英语例句	(1) Insects and worms are all invertebrates. (2) Half of all invertebrate species live in tropical rain forests.
中文例句	(1) 昆虫和蠕虫都是无脊椎动物。 (2) 一半的无脊椎动物物种生活在热带雨林中。
vocabulary简明	An invertebrate is an animal without a backbone. Invertebrate animals include fruit flies and sea sponges.
vocabulary扩展	Your backbone allows you to stand up straight, and it also allows you to be grouped with the other vertebrates: animals with backbones. Invertebrates are the opposite: they have no backbone. These are the two major groups of animals. Also, this word is used for people who are spineless in the sense of having no courage. You could say a coward acts in an invertebrate way. Whether it's a backbone-free animal or a courage-free person, all invertebrates lack spines.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]无脊椎动物 An invertebrate is a creature that does not have a spine, for example an insect, a worm, or an octopus. [TECHNICAL 术语] Invertebrate is also an adjective. ...invertebrate creatures. 无脊椎动物

Invertebrate Animal Backbone 无脊椎动物 英 ɪn'vɜːtɪbrət] 美 ɪn'vɜːrtɪbrət N.无脊椎动物

Invertebrate Animal Backbone 无脊椎动物英 ɪn'vɜːtɪbrət] 美 ɪn'vɜːrtɪbrət N.无脊椎动物