backbone

UK:  ['bæk.bəʊn]

US:  ['bæk.boʊn]

复数：backbones  

n.

1.骨架;骨干,栋梁,支柱;主力

2.脊骨,脊椎;分水岭;主要山脉;主要成分;中枢;中坚,骨干;主力;刚毅,骨气;书脊

3.主干;支柱;基础

4.主干网

5.脊骨,脊梁;背

6.脊柱

7.〔化〕主链

8.主要成份

9.脊椎骨

10.构架

1 . As described above along the side of each hall reinforced concrete elements and masonry walls serve as the structural backbone of the hall.
如上所述，沿每个展厅侧面，由钢筋混凝土构件和砌筑墙作为展厅的建筑构架。

2 . He had a sound feeling that the idiom was the backbone of a language and he was all for the racy phrases.
他感到习语是语言的主要支柱，因此特别主张用生动的短语，他的想法是非常正确的。

3 . had brought the sweat out on his forehead, the worst of all was the fear that his backbone was about to snap.
他的额头上痛得出了汗，但是最糟糕的还是担心脊梁骨要断。

4 . Since the music industry is the 'backbone' of karaoke, 'there's been a negative impact on the karaoke industry too. '
由于音乐产业是卡拉OK的“脊梁骨”，它的下滑也将会给卡拉OK产业带来消极影响。

5 . After the accident, the injury in his backbone condemned him to bed.
事故后，他的脊柱受伤，不得不成天躺在床上。