invertebrate

英 [ɪn'vɜːtɪbrət] 美[ɪn'vɝtɪbret]
  • adj. 无脊椎的;无骨气的
  • n. 无脊椎动物;无骨气的人
近义词 creature

TOEFL GRE 畅通词汇

英英释义


1. any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification

实用场景例句


They disliked him only because he was invertebrate.
他们不喜欢他就是认为他意志较弱.

辞典例句

Half of all invertebrate species live in tropical rain forests.
一半的无脊椎动物物种生活在热带雨林中.

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Cropland surface soil invertebrate living in it is considered as a special ecosystem in cropland - soil system.
农田表土层及其生活在其中的土壤动物被认为是农田土壤生态系统中一类特殊的生态系统.

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Matt Shardlow , chief executive of Buglife , the Invertebrate Conservation Trust, said:'British wildlife is in crisis.
无脊椎动物保护主义协会的主要负责人马特?沙德洛说, 英国野生物种正处在危机中.

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No one has suggested an amphibian, a bird, or any type of invertebrate.
人们都觉得它不可能属于两栖类 、 鸟类或者无脊椎类动物.

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Increasing salinity caused by the evaporation resulted in the extermination of scores of invertebrate species.
由蒸发引起的越来越高的盐度造成无脊椎动物种类的灭绝.

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中文词源


invertebrate 无脊椎动物

in-,不,非,vertebrate,脊椎动物。

助记提示


1、vertere => verte- + -bra(工具格后缀:instrumental suffix).
2、字面含义:something to turn on. => any bone of the spinal column, joint or articulation of the body, joint of the spine.
3、vertebra => vertebr- / vertebro-: vertebra.
4、in- "not" + vertebr- + -ate.

双语例句


1. 'A spanner,'said Mrs Parsons , immediately becoming invertebrate.
“ 扳手, ”帕森斯太太一下子软了下来.

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2. They disliked him only because he was invertebrate.
他们不喜欢他就是认为他意志较弱.

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3. Half of all invertebrate species live in tropical rain forests.
一半的无脊椎动物物种生活在热带雨林中.

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4. Worms are an example of invertebrate animals.
蠕虫是无脊椎动物的一个例子.

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5. Cropland surface soil invertebrate living in it is considered as a special ecosystem in cropland - soil system.
农田表土层及其生活在其中的土壤动物被认为是农田土壤生态系统中一类特殊的生态系统.

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英文词源


invertebrate (n.)
1826, from Latin in- "not" (see in- (1)) + vertebra "joint" (see vertebra). Invertebrata as a biological classification was coined 1805 by French naturalist Georges Léopole Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, Baron Cuvier (1769-1832). As an adjective by 1838.

词态变化


复数: invertebrates;