首頁英語詞典backbonebackbone英英釋意

backbone

英 ['b?kb??n] 美['b?k'bon]
  • n. 支柱；主干網(wǎng)；決心，毅力；脊椎

英英釋意

1. a central cohesive source of support and stability;
"faith is his anchor"
"the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"
"he is the linchpin of this firm"
2. fortitude and determination;
"he didn't have the guts to try it"
3. the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord;
"the fall broke his back"
4. the part of a network that connects other networks together;
"the backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic"