backbone

英 [ˈbækbəʊn]

美 [ˈbækboʊn]

n.  脊梁骨; 脊柱; 支柱; 骨干; 基础; 毅力; 骨气

复数：backbones　

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同义词辨析

determinationbackbone【导航词义：决心，胆识】

牛津词典

noun

• 脊梁骨；脊柱
  the row of small bones that are connected together down the middle of the back
• 支柱；骨干；基础
  the most important part of a system, an organization, etc. that gives it support and strength
  1. Agriculture forms the backbone of the rural economy.
     农业是农村经济的基础。
• 毅力；骨气
  the strength of character that you need to do sth difficult
  1. He doesn't have the backbone to face the truth.
     他没有面对现实的勇气。

柯林斯词典

• 脊柱
  Yourbackboneis the column of small linked bones down the middle of your back.
• N-SING 中坚力量；骨干；支柱
  Thebackboneof an organization or system is the part of it that gives it its main strength.
  1. The small business people of Britain are the economic backbone of the nation.
     英国的小商人是国家经济的支柱。
• N-UNCOUNT 骨气；勇气
  If you say that someone has nobackbone, you think they do not have the courage to do things which need to be done.
  1. You might be taking drastic measures and you've got to have the backbone to do that.
     你也许要采取极端的措施，你必须有勇气那么做。

英英释义

noun

• the part of a network that connects other networks together
  1. the backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic
• the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
  1. the title and author were printed on the spine of the book
  Synonym:spine
• fortitude and determination
  1. he didn't have the guts to try it
  Synonym:gritgutsmoxiesandgumption
• the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
  1. the fall broke his back
  Synonym:spinal columnvertebral columnspinebackrachis
• a central cohesive source of support and stability
  1. faith is his anchor
  2. the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
  3. he is the linchpin of this firm
  Synonym:anchormainstaykeystonelinchpinlynchpin

双语例句

• This paper designs a P2P based hybrid collaborative model, which combines local delivery tree and structured backbone network.
  文章设计了一种基于双层混合式P2P模型的协同架构，结合了本地组的传送树结构和结构化骨干网结构。
• The two also share rights to a national backbone network.
  这两家公司还分享对国家骨干网络的权利。
• Petty officers are the backbone of a navy.
  军士是海军的骨干。
• Listing 2 shows an example of a Backbone router.
  清单2展示了一个Backbone路由器示例。
• But the new fiber-optic backbone should be load tested with new applications and hardware.
  但是新的光纤中枢应该用新的应用程序和硬件进行负载测试。
• However, some vendors and users contend that shared fast Ethernet is appropriate for server and backbone connections.
  但是，一些供应商和用户认为，共享式快速以太网适合服务器和主干网的连接。
• The small business people of Britain are the economic backbone of the nation.
  英国的小商人是国家经济的支柱。
• Fibre Channel HDDs have been the backbone of enterprise storage arrays for many years.
  FibreChannelHDD作为企业存储阵列主干已经多年了。
• My parents are my backbone.
  我的父母是我的骨干。
• He has no backbone; when things get difficult, he gives in.
  他性格软弱，一遇困难，便放弃。